Brass (political science, emeritus, U. of Washington) discusses the dynamics of institutionalized intergroup violence in northern India, covering the last three decades of British rule as well as the entire post- Independence history of Aligarh, exposing in the process the mechanisms by which endemic communal violence is deliberately provoked and sustained. Annotation (c) Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

The Production of Hindu-Muslim Violence in Contemporary India (Jackson School Publications in International Studies)

History

Brass, Paul R.

Asia

Univ of Washington Pr

Chronic Hindu-Muslim rioting in India has created a situation in which communal violence is both so normal and so varied in its manifestations that it would seem to defy effective analysis. In this volume, Paul R. Brass, one of the world's preeminent experts on South Asia, reports the results of an immense scholarly undertaking: his tracking of more than half a century's riots in the north Indian city of Aligarh, where he has conducted extraordinary research for the past thirty-eight years.

University of Washington Press

Science, Politics, And The Agricultural Revolution In Asia

Anderson, Robert S.

Levy, Edwin

Morrison, Barrie

Reference

Routledge

This book is recognized as a classic study both of the politics of language and religion in India and of ethnic and nationalist movements in general. It received overwhelmingly favorable reviews across disciplinary and international boundaries at first publication, characterized as “a masterly conceptual analysis of language, religion, ethnic groups, and nationhood”, “a monumental work”, “of interest to all political scientists”, on that “should be required reading for any politically concerned person” in the United Kingdom (from a TLS review), a work whose “value and importance…can scarcely be overstated”, with “no competitor in the same class”.

Language, Religion and Politics in North India

Cambridge University Press

The Politics of India since Independence provides a concise but comprehensive analytical study of the major political, cultural, and economic changes and crises in India during the past forty-five years. The organizing focus is on the consequences of the centralizing drives and tendencies of the national leadership of the country to create a strong state, a unified nation, and a dynamic economy, all of which have been placed in serious doubt in recent years.

The Politics of India since Independence (The New Cambridge History of India)

The Politics of India since Independence provides a concise but comprehensive analytical study of the major political, cultural, and economic changes and crises in India during the past forty-five years. The organizing focus is on the consequences of the centralizing drives and tendencies of the national leadership of the country to create a strong state, a unified nation, and a dynamic economy, all of which have been placed in serious doubt in recent years.

The politics of india since independence (the new cambridge history of india) sets out to study and assess the many changes in the political agendas and policies of the country's leadership since independence and how they have impacted the country in recent years the author has looked at the various aspects of evolving political ideology, many changes in the society, and the changing economic perspectives and policieshe then presents his views on the effects of these policies and changes, whether they have benefited the country and also analyses many of the problems faced by the country in recent timesthe book is divided into three parts the first part studies political change, the second part looks at pluralism and national integration, and the third section discusses political economy through all these different perspectives the book does an analysis of the country's history in the last few decadesthe politics of india since independence (the new cambridge history of india) looks at the centralising drives of the national government in an effort to create a strong nation and a dynamic economy that could foster industrial growth and prosperitythe author then avers that all these have been jeopardised by increasing communal tensions in the form of inter-caste conflicts and the widening hindu-muslim divide he says that the challenge currently facing the country is the quest for a leadership with the political and moral conviction that can take the country forward in all aspects while finding a way to maintain political and communal harmonythis is the second edition of the book, published in paperback by cambridge university press (txp) in 2004 key features: the book thoroughly covers india's history in the decades since independencewhile the first edition focused on the centralising policies, the second edition places emphasis on studying the communal divide and the impact this has had on the country

The Politics of India Since Independence (The New Cambridge History of India)

World

Cambridge Univ Pr

As collective violence erupts in many regions throughout the world, we often hear media reports that link the outbreaks to age-old ethnic or religious hostilities, thereby freeing the state, its agents, and its political elites from responsibility. Paul Brass encourages us to look more closely at the issues of violence, ethnicity, and the state by focusing on specific instances of violence in their local contexts and questioning the prevailing interpretations of them. Through five case studies of both rural and urban public violence, including police-public confrontations and Hindu-Muslim riots, Brass shows how, out of many possible interpretations applicable to these incidents, government and the media select those that support existing relations of power in state and society. Adopting different modes-narrator, detective, and social scientist-Brass treats incidents of collective violence arising initially out of common occurrences such as a drunken brawl, the rape of a girl, and the theft of an idol, and demonstrates how some incidents remain localized while others are fit into broader frameworks of meaning, thereby becoming useful for upholders of dominant ideologies. Incessant talk about violence and its implications in these circumstances contributes to its persistence rather than its reduction. Such treatment serves in fact to mask the causes of violence, displace the victims from the center of attention, and divert society's gaze from those responsible for its endemic character. Brass explains how this process ultimately implicates everyone in the perpetuation of systems of violence.

Theft of an Idol

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Psychology & Counseling

Princeton University Press

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The Production of Hindu-Muslim Violence in Contemporary India (Jackson School Publications in International Studies)

The Production of Hindu-Muslim Violence in Contemporary India (Jackson School Publications in International Studies)

The Production of Hindu-Muslim Violence in Contemporary India (Jackson School Publications in International Studies)

Science, Politics, And The Agricultural Revolution In Asia

Science, Politics, And The Agricultural Revolution In Asia

Language, Religion and Politics in North India

The Politics of India since Independence (The New Cambridge History of India)

The Politics of India since Independence (The New Cambridge History of India)

The Politics of India Since Independence (The New Cambridge History of India)

Theft of an Idol