Politics of violence: From Ayodhya to Behrampada (Studies on contemporary South Asia)

Peter-reeves-howard-brasted-john-mcguire

ISBN 10: 8170365961 / ISBN 13: 9788170365969

Published by Sage, 1996

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Hardcover with dust jacket. Book is in nice condition, text is unmarked. Dust jacket has a few closed tiny tears. Dust jacket now nicely protected in mylar cover. Seller Inventory # 27817

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Title: Politics of violence: From Ayodhya to ...

Publisher: Sage

Publication Date: 1996

Condition: Very Good

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300 pages ; 25 cm. Contents: From Ayodhya to Behrampada: The BJP and Hindutva -- An Interpretation / John McGuire and Peter Reeves -- How I Live in Behrampada Came About / Mudhusree Dutta -- I Live in Behrampada / Mudhusree Dutta -- Behrampada : The Busti that did not Yield / Flavia Agnes -- Witnessing Ayodhya / Rashmi Desai -- Of Communal Consciousness and Communal Violence: Impressions from Post-Riot Surat / Sudhir Chandra -- Redefining the Agenda of the Women's Movement Within a Secular Framework / Flavia Agnes -- The Bombay Riots of January 1993: The Politics of Urban Conflagration / Jim Masselos -- The State and Communal Violence in UP: 1947-1992 / Lance Brennan -- The New Hindu History / Gyanendra Pandey -- Paritranaya sadhunam -- What might tradition's response be to BJP's Hindu Rashtra? / Purushottama Bilimoria and Rashmi Desai Whither the BJP? A Political Movement or Just a Group of Religious Revivalists? / Greg Bailey -- Mosque, Temple and Crypt / Don Miller -- Modernity and Ethnicity in India / Dipesh Chakrabarty -- The Potential for BJP Expansion: Ideology, Politics, and Regional Appeal -- The Lessons of Jharkhand / Russell Hocking -- Conflict and Competition: The Labour Movement and Organised Communalism / Stephen Sherlock -- Post-Ayodhya Situation: The Left and India's Crisis Today / Javeed Alam -- Indian Security Policy and the Rise of the Hindu Right / Sandy Gordon -- The Bharatiya Janata Party and Globalisation and the Indian Economy / Salim Lakha.