Production of Hindu-Muslim violence in contemporary India

By:

Brass, Paul R

Publication details: New Delhi Oxford University Press 2003Description: xix,476pISBN:

9780195664881

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

303.6 BRA

Contents:

CONTENTS Abbreviations Used in This Book ix Maps, Figures, and Tables xi Preface and Acknowledgments xv PART I INTRODUCTION 1.Explaining Communal Violence 5 PART II COMMUNAL RIOTS IN INDIA AND ALIGARH 2 Aligarh: Politics, Population, and Social Organization 43 3 Hindu-Muslim Violence in India and Aligarh 60 4 The Great Aligarh Riots of December 1990 and January 1991 116 5 The Control of Communal Conflict in Aligarh 132 PART III DEMOGRAPHIC, SOCIAL, AND ECONOMIC FACTORS IN THE PRODUCTION OF RIOTS 6 The Geography and Demography of Riots 149 7 The Economics of Riots: Economic Competition and Victimization 199 PART IV RIOTS AND THK POLITICAL PROCESS 8 Riots and Elections 219 9 The Practice of Communal Politics 240 10 Communalization and Polarization: Selected Constituency-Wise Results for Aligarh Elections 262 11 Communal Solidarity and Division at the Local Level 286 12 The Decline of Communal Violence and the Transformation of Electoral Competition 296 PART V THE PROCESS OF BLAME DISPLACEMENT 13 Riot Interpretation, Blame Displacement, and the Communal Discourse 305 14 Police Views of Hindu-Muslim Violence 328 15 The Role of the Media 344 PART VI CONCLUSION 16 The Persistence of Hindu-Muslim Violence: The Dynamics of Riot Production 355 Postscript: Aligarh and Gujarat 385 Appendices 393 Notes 413 Index 463 Index of Mohallas 475

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CONTENTS
Abbreviations Used in This Book ix
Maps, Figures, and Tables xi
Preface and Acknowledgments xv
PART I INTRODUCTION
1.Explaining Communal Violence 5
PART II COMMUNAL RIOTS IN INDIA AND ALIGARH
2 Aligarh: Politics, Population, and Social Organization 43
3 Hindu-Muslim Violence in India and Aligarh 60
4 The Great Aligarh Riots of December 1990 and
January 1991 116
5 The Control of Communal Conflict in Aligarh 132
PART III DEMOGRAPHIC, SOCIAL, AND ECONOMIC
FACTORS IN THE PRODUCTION OF RIOTS
6 The Geography and Demography of Riots 149
7 The Economics of Riots: Economic Competition and Victimization 199
PART IV RIOTS AND THK POLITICAL PROCESS
8 Riots and Elections 219
9 The Practice of Communal Politics 240
10 Communalization and Polarization: Selected
Constituency-Wise Results for Aligarh Elections 262
11 Communal Solidarity and Division at the Local
Level 286
12 The Decline of Communal Violence and the
Transformation of Electoral Competition 296
PART V THE PROCESS OF BLAME DISPLACEMENT
13 Riot Interpretation, Blame Displacement,
and the Communal Discourse 305
14 Police Views of Hindu-Muslim Violence 328
15 The Role of the Media 344
PART VI CONCLUSION
16 The Persistence of Hindu-Muslim Violence:
The Dynamics of Riot Production 355
Postscript: Aligarh and Gujarat 385
Appendices 393
Notes 413
Index 463
Index of Mohallas 475

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