Khaki And The Ethnic Violence In India

Author : Omar Khalidi
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Communalism
ISBN : 8188789712

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India s military, paramilitary, and the police constitute one of the largest security forces around the globe. Who constitutes these forces? What is the ethnic and religious background of these troops? Does the composition of these forces mirror the diversity of the Indian society? Have their composition undergone any change since Independence? Like other nations with ethno-religious diversity, India has experienced half a century of ethnic riots, massacres, even pogroms. What impact, if any does the ethnic and religious composition of the security personnel has on the ability of the state to prevent the occurrence of ethnic violence or to mitigate loss of lives and property once it occurs? Answers to these questions are critical to anyone interested in understanding the role of the state s most critical instrument of legitimate coercion the security forces. This book provides the answers with precision and economy of words. In this respect Khaki and the Ethnic Violence in India simply has no rival.

Author : Omar Khalidi
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Communal riots
ISBN : 8188789089

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Khaki and the Ethnic Violence in India by Omar Khalidi Pdf

India's Military, Paramilitary, And The Police Constitute One Of The Largest Security Forces Around The Globe. Who Constitutes These Forces? What Is The Ethnic And Religious Background Of These Troops? Does The Composition Of These Forces Mirror The Diversity Of The Indian Society? Have Their Composition Undergone Any Change Since Independence? Like Other Nations With Ethno-Religious Diversity, India Has Experienced Half A Century Of Ethnic Riots, Massacres, Even Pogroms. What Impact, If Any Does The Ethnic And Religious Composition Of The Security Personnel Has On The Ability Of The State To Prevent The Occurrence Of Ethnic Violence Or To Mitigate Loss Of Lives And Property Once It Occurs? Answers To These Questions Are Critical To Anyone Interested In Understanding The Role Of The State`S Most Critical Instrument Of Legitimate Coercion-The Security Forces. This Book Provides The Answers With Precision And Economy Of Words. In This Respect Khaki And The Ethnic Violence In India Simply Has No Rival.

Author : Ajay Verghese
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2016-03-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780804798174

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The Colonial Origins of Ethnic Violence in India by Ajay Verghese Pdf

The neighboring north Indian districts of Jaipur and Ajmer are identical in language, geography, and religious and caste demography. But when the famous Babri Mosque in Ayodhya was destroyed in 1992, Jaipur burned while Ajmer remained peaceful; when the state clashed over low-caste affirmative action quotas in 2008, Ajmer's residents rioted while Jaipur's citizens stayed calm. What explains these divergent patterns of ethnic conflict across multiethnic states? Using archival research and elite interviews in five case studies spanning north, south, and east India, as well as a quantitative analysis of 589 districts, Ajay Verghese shows that the legacies of British colonialism drive contemporary conflict. Because India served as a model for British colonial expansion into parts of Africa and Southeast Asia, this project links Indian ethnic conflict to violent outcomes across an array of multiethnic states, including cases as diverse as Nigeria and Malaysia. The Colonial Origins of Ethnic Violence in India makes important contributions to the study of Indian politics, ethnicity, conflict, and historical legacies.

Author : Omar Khalidi
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Communal riots
ISBN : UOM:39015061554468

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Khaki and the Ethnic Violence in India by Omar Khalidi Pdf

India's military, paramilitary, and the police constitute one of the largest security forces around the globe. Who constitutes these forces? What is the ethnic and religious background of these troops? Does the composition of these forces mirror the diversity of the Indian society? Have their composition undergone any change since Independence? Like other nations with ethno-religious diversity, India has experienced half a century of ethnic riots, massacres, even pogroms. What impact, if any does the ethnic and religious composition of the security personnel has on the ability of the state to prevent the occurrence of ethnic violence or to mitigate loss of lives and property once it occurs? Answers to these questions are critical to anyone interested in understanding the role of the state's most critical instrument of legitimate coercion - the security forces. This book provides the answers with precision and economy of words. In this respect Khaki and the Ethnic Violence in India simply has no rival.

Author : Ashutosh Varshney
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Communalism
ISBN : 0195661168

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Ethnic Conflict and Civic Life by Ashutosh Varshney Pdf

In The Backdrop Of The Recent Spate Of Ethnic Violence In India, This Volume Is A Timely And Significant Contribution Towards Investigating The Factors That Cause Hindu-Muslim Riots.

Author : Angana P. Chatterji,Thomas Blom Hansen,Christophe Jaffrelot
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 551 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2019-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780190078171

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Majoritarian State by Angana P. Chatterji,Thomas Blom Hansen,Christophe Jaffrelot Pdf

Majoritarian State traces the ascendance of Hindu nationalism in contemporary India. Led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the BJP administration has established an ethno-religious and populist style of rule since 2014. Its agenda is also pursued beyond the formal branches of government, as the new dispensation portrays conventional social hierarchies as intrinsic to Indian culture while condoning communal and caste- and gender-based violence. The contributors explore how Hindutva ideology has permeated the state apparatus and formal institutions, and how Hindutva activists exert control over civil society via vigilante groups, cultural policing and violence. Groups and regions portrayed as 'enemies' of the Indian state are the losers in a new order promoting the interests of the urban middle class and business elites. As this majoritarian ideology pervades the media and public discourse, it also affects the judiciary, universities and cultural institutions, increasingly captured by Hindu nationalists. Dissent and difference silenced and debate increasingly sidelined as the press is muzzled or intimidated in the courts. Internationally, the BJP government has emphasised hard power and a fast- expanding security state. This collection of essays offers rich empirical analysis and documentation to investigate the causes and consequences of the illiberal turn taken by the world's largest democracy.

Author : Taylor C. Sherman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2010-01-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9781135224868

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State Violence and Punishment in India by Taylor C. Sherman Pdf

Exploring violent confrontation between the state and the population in colonial and postcolonial India, this book is both a study of the ways in which governments in India used collective coercion and state violence against the population, and a cultural history of how acts of state violence were interpreted by the population.

Author : Rowena Robinson
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2005-11-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0761934081

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Tremors of Violence by Rowena Robinson Pdf

This analysis of religious violence from a Muslim perspective considers questions about the nature of memory and the ways in which memories of violence affect perceptions of time, space and religious practice. The author asks whether memories of violence affect victims' perceptions of the land, neighbours and themselves.

Author : Ian Copland,Ian Mabbett,Asim Roy,Kate Brittlebank,Adam Bowles
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 413 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2013-05-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781136459498

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A History of State and Religion in India by Ian Copland,Ian Mabbett,Asim Roy,Kate Brittlebank,Adam Bowles Pdf

Offering the first long-duration analysis of the relationship between the state and religion in South Asia, this book looks at the nature and origins of Indian secularism. It interrogates the proposition that communalism in India is wholly a product of colonial policy and modernisation, questions whether the Indian state has generally been a benign, or disruptive, influence on public religious life, and evaluates the claim that the region has spawned a culture of practical toleration. The book is structured around six key arenas of interaction between state and religion: cow worship and sacrifice, control of temples and shrines, religious festivals and processions, proselytising and conversion, communal riots, and religious teaching/doctrine and family law. It offers a challenging argument about the role of the state in religious life in a historical continuum, and identifies points of similarity and contrast between periods and regimes. The book makes a significant contribution to the literature on South Asian History and Religion.

Author : Madhavi Devasher
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2024-04-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781040007143

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Crossing Lines by Madhavi Devasher Pdf

This book explains why, how, and where ethnic political parties unexpectedly seek votes from non-coethnics and when voters support non-coethnic parties. It draws on case studies of three Indian states (Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Rajasthan) and of Indian national elections to demonstrate how differences in party systems impact political party strategies and voter choices. It shows that multipolar party systems encourage political parties to provide physical security, representation, and economic benefits for minorities, especially Muslims, in India and as a result, foster cross-ethnic links between parties and voters. However, as political arenas become dominated by two or even one party, advocacy for the interests of marginalized groups declines, weakening cross-ethnic linkages. The book thus explains why representation and advocacy for Muslims in Uttar Pradesh and at the national level has alternated dramatically in the 21st century. Based on original fieldwork and supplemented by existing surveys and secondary sources from the 1990s to the present day, the book addresses critical themes such as inclusion and substantive representation in a democracy, caste and minority politics, ethnic violence, and inter-ethnic linkages between politicians and voters. Demonstrating why political parties support and protect the interests of marginalized ethnic groups in certain political conditions but not others, the volume also speaks to larger questions of the health of multiethnic democracies and democratic backsliding around the world.

Author : Isabelle Clark-Decès
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 580 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2011-02-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781405198929

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A Companion to the Anthropology of India by Isabelle Clark-Decès Pdf

A Companion to the Anthropology of India offers a broad overview of the rapidly evolving scholarship on Indian society from the earliest area studies to views of India’s globalization in the twenty-first century. Provides readers with an important new introduction to the anthropology of India Explores the larger global issues that have transformed India since the end of colonization, including demographic, economic, social, cultural, political, and religious issues Contributions by leading experts present up-to-date, comprehensive coverage of key topics such as population and life expectancy, civil society, social-moral relationships, caste and communalism, youth and consumerism, the new urban middle class, environment and health, tourism, public and religious cultures, politics and law Represents an authoritative guide for professional social and cultural anthropologists, and South Asian specialists, and an accessible reference work for students engaged in the analysis of India’s modern transformation

Author : Perry Anderson
Publisher : Verso Books
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2013-11-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781781685549

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The Indian Ideology by Perry Anderson Pdf

The historiography of modern India is largely a pageant of presumed virtues: harmonious territorial unity, religious impartiality, the miraculous survival of electoral norms in the world's most populous democracy. Even critics of injustices within Indian society still underwrite such claims. But how well does the 'Idea of India' correspond to the realities of the Union? In an iconoclastic intervention, Marxist historian Perry Anderson provides an unforgettable reading of the Subcontinent's passage through Independence and the catastrophe of Partition, the idiosyncratic and corrosive vanities of Gandhi and Nehru, and the close interrelationship of Indian democracy and caste inequality. The Indian Ideology caused uproar on first publication in 2012, not least for breaking with euphemisms for Delhi's occupation of Kashmir. This new, expanded edition includes the author's reply to his critics, an interview with the late Praful Bidwai of the Indian weekly Outlook, and a postscript on India under the rule of Narendra Modi. Anderson considers whether his regime is as much of a break with the practices and thought processes of Congress rule as is generally supposed.

Author : Papiya Ghosh
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2014-03-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317809654

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Partition and the South Asian Diaspora by Papiya Ghosh Pdf

Preface Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Negotiating nations 2. Claiming Pakistan 3. Resisting Hindutva 4. Redoing South Asia 5. Conclusion Bibliography Index

Author : William Garriott
Publisher : Springer
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2013-06-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781137309679

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Policing and Contemporary Governance by William Garriott Pdf

What is it that police and policing actually do? What are the effects? How are these effects mediated and experienced by different people at different times and in different contexts? This volume draws attention to the centrality of police and policing to the project of governance and the experience of being human in the contemporary world.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Cambria Press
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2024-07-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781621969006

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Islam and Democratization in Asia by Anonim Pdf