Violence and Democracy in India
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272 pages
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4 halftones
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6 1/2 x 9 1/2
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© 2006
Violence and Democracy in India examines the relationship between the extreme violence of riots, pogroms, acts of genocide and ethnic cleansing and the ordinary, everyday, often invisible structures and practices of violence in India. Usually, these exceptional, extreme moments of state-sponsored violence are treated as aberrations, quite separate from the everyday world of politics-as-usual, particularly when the norm in question is that of liberal democracy. In contrast, Violence and Democracy explores the ways in which democracy enables violence, and how violence in turn transforms the practices and pursuit of democracy.
Contents
1. Beyond Exceptionalism: Democracy and Violence in India, Amrita Basu and Srirupa Roy
2. The Wagah Syndrome: Territorial roots of contemporary violence in South Asia, Willem Van Schendel
3. A Slap From the Hindu Nation, Raka Ray
4. Rape and Murder in Gujarat: Violence against Muslim women in the struggle for Hindu supremacy, Martha C. Nussbaum
5. Powers of the Weak: Fears and Violence in the Discourse of Communalism, Usha Zacharias and J. Devika
6. Once in Rangdum: Formations of Violence and Peace in Ladakh, Ravina Aggarwal
7. Media, Terror, and Islam, Paula Chakravartty and Srinivas Lankala
8. Mass Violence and the Wheels of Indian (In)Justice, Zoya Hasan
9. Communalizing the Criminal or Criminalizing the Communal? Locating Minority Politics in Bangladesh, Dina M. Siddiqi
2. The Wagah Syndrome: Territorial roots of contemporary violence in South Asia, Willem Van Schendel
3. A Slap From the Hindu Nation, Raka Ray
4. Rape and Murder in Gujarat: Violence against Muslim women in the struggle for Hindu supremacy, Martha C. Nussbaum
5. Powers of the Weak: Fears and Violence in the Discourse of Communalism, Usha Zacharias and J. Devika
6. Once in Rangdum: Formations of Violence and Peace in Ladakh, Ravina Aggarwal
7. Media, Terror, and Islam, Paula Chakravartty and Srinivas Lankala
8. Mass Violence and the Wheels of Indian (In)Justice, Zoya Hasan
9. Communalizing the Criminal or Criminalizing the Communal? Locating Minority Politics in Bangladesh, Dina M. Siddiqi
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Asian Studies: South Asia
Political Science: Comparative Politics
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