Religion & State, India - Politics & Government, Indian History - Republic of India (1947-Present)

Religious Politics and Communal Violence

Name: Religious Politics and Communal Violence
Author: Steven I. Wilkinson
ISBN: 9780195690514

by Steven I. Wilkinson

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Overview

The salience of religion in Indian politics has risen sharply in the past twenty-five years leading to major outbreaks of violence, most recently in Gujarat in 2002. The selections brought together in this volume describe some of the main events during this period, and also introduce readers to different explanations scholars have put forward to answer key questions in the study of religious politics and communal violence.

Synopsis

This volume compiles influential and lesser-known, yet significant interventions to present the most comprehensive social scientific analysis of communal violence in India, and tries to offer political and institutional explanations for it.