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082			_a303.623 _bBER
100			_aBerenschot, Ward _966769
245			_aRiot politics : Hindu-Muslim violence and the Indian state
260			_aNew Delhi _bRainlight Publications India Pvt. Ltd. (Rupa) _c2013
300			_axiii,236p.
505			_aCONTENTS 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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