Keeping the Peace: Spatial Differences in Hindu-Muslim Violence in Gujarat in 2002 - Couverture rigide

Dhattiwala, Raheel

 
9781108497596: Keeping the Peace: Spatial Differences in Hindu-Muslim Violence in Gujarat in 2002
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ISBN 10 : 1108497594 ISBN 13 : 9781108497596
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2019

Synopsis

In times of extreme violence, what explains peace in some places? This book investigates geographic variation in Hindu-Muslim violence in Gujarat in 2002, an event witnessed closely by the author. It compares peaceful and violent towns, villages, and neighbourhoods to study how political violence spreads. A combination of statistical and ethnographic methods unpack the mechanisms of crowd behaviour, intergroup relations, and political incentives. Macro-level risk factors that led to the violence are analysed to provide a close understanding of the behaviour of people who participated in the violence, were targeted by it and, often, compelled to carry on living alongside their perpetrators. Findings systematically demonstrate the implicit political logic of the violence. Most of all, by moving up close to the people caught in the middle of violence; findings highlight the interplay between politics, the spatial environment, and the cognitive decision-making processes of individuals.

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À propos de l'auteur

Raheel Dhattiwala is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Department of Sociology, Universiteit van Amsterdam.

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Éditeur
Cambridge University Press
Date d'édition
2019
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1108497594
ISBN 13 
9781108497596
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
206
Coordonnées du fabricant
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