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Violent Conjunctures in Democratic India
Amrita Basu
出版
Cambridge University Press
, 2015-06-30
主題
History / General
History / Middle East / General
History / Social History
History / Asia / South / India
Political Science / Political Ideologies / Democracy
Political Science / Political Ideologies / Nationalism & Patriotism
Political Science / World / General
Political Science / World / Asian
Religion / Hinduism / General
Religion / Religion, Politics & State
Religion / Religious Intolerance, Persecution & Conflict
Social Science / General
Social Science / Minority Studies
Social Science / Sociology / General
Social Science / Violence in Society
Social Science / Regional Studies
ISBN
1107089638
9781107089631
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=TTrjCQAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋
This book is a pioneering study of when and why Hindu Nationalists have engaged in discrimination and violence against minorities in contemporary India. Amrita Basu asks why the incidence and severity of violence differs significantly across Indian states, within states, and through time. Contrary to many predictions, the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has neither consistently engaged in anti-minority violence nor been compelled by the centrifugal pressures of democracy to become a centrist party. Rather, the national BJP has alternated between moderation and militancy. Hindu nationalist violence has been conjunctural, determined by relations among its own party, social movement organization, and state governments, and on the character of opposition states, parties and movements. This study accords particular importance to the role of social movements in precipitating anti-minority violence. It calls for a broader understanding of social movements and a greater appreciation of their relationship to political parties.