Riot politics : Hindu-Muslim violence and the Indian state

By:

Berenschot, Ward

Publication details: New Delhi Rainlight Publications India Pvt. Ltd. (Rupa) 2013Description: xiii,236pISBN:

9788129123756

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DDC classification:

303.623 BER

Contents:

CONTENTS Preface and Acknowledgements vii Glossary and Abbreviations xi PART ONE : Introduction 1. Introduction : riot networks in Ahmedabad 3 2. Explaining India's Hindu-Muslim violence 19 PART TWO: Shifting patterns of state-society interaction 3.The coming of the chamchas and the politicization of Gujarat's neighbourhoods 41 4. Changing patronage channels and the rise of Hindu-nationalism in Gujarat 59 PART THREE: The everyday mediation of the state 5.The everyday mediation of a municipal councillor 77 6. Neighbourhood workers and the politics of exchanging favours 97 7.Moneypower and musclepower : on the nexus between politicians, state officials and goondas 121 PART FOUR : Political mediation and communal violence 8.Political mediation and the politics of identity 139 9. The infrastructure for violence : rioting as maintaining relations 161 Conclusion : political mediation, communal violence and the state. 187 Notes 203 Bibliography 219 Index 233

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CONTENTS
Preface and Acknowledgements vii
Glossary and Abbreviations xi
PART ONE : Introduction
1. Introduction : riot networks in Ahmedabad 3
2. Explaining India's Hindu-Muslim violence 19
PART TWO: Shifting patterns of state-society interaction
3.The coming of the chamchas and the politicization of Gujarat's neighbourhoods 41
4. Changing patronage channels and the rise of Hindu-nationalism in Gujarat 59
PART THREE: The everyday mediation of the state
5.The everyday mediation of a municipal councillor 77
6. Neighbourhood workers and the politics of exchanging favours 97
7.Moneypower and musclepower : on the nexus between politicians, state officials and goondas 121
PART FOUR : Political mediation and communal violence
8.Political mediation and the politics of identity 139
9. The infrastructure for violence : rioting as maintaining relations 161
Conclusion : political mediation, communal violence and the state. 187
Notes 203
Bibliography 219
Index 233

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