Votes and Violence : Electoral Competition and Ethnic Riots in India

Name: Votes and Violence
Brand: Cambridge University Press
SKU: 9780521536059
Price: 6300 KES
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ISBN: 9780521536059

by Steven I. Wilkinson

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Format Paperback / softback

Book Series Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics

ISBN-10 0521536057

ISBN-13 9780521536059

Publisher Cambridge University Press

Imprint Cambridge University Press

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Nov 23rd, 2006

Print length 312 Pages

Weight 462 grams

Dimensions 15.40 x 22.90 x 1.70 cms

Product Classification: Ethnic studies / Ethnicity Ethnic studies Political activism Political activism / Political engagement Political economy

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This book explains why Hindu-Muslim riots in India break out when and where they do, and shows why some state governments in India prevent Hindu-Muslim riots while others do not or even help to incite violence.

Why do ethnic riots break out when and where they do? Why do some governments try to prevent ethnic riots while others do nothing or even participate in the violence? In this book, Steven I. Wilkinson uses collected data on Hindu-Muslim riots, socio-economic factors and competitive politics in India to test his theory that riots are fomented in order to win elections and that governments decide whether to stop them or not based on the likely electoral cost of doing so. He finds that electoral factors account for most of the state-level variation in Hindu-Muslim riots: explaining for example why riots took place in Gujarat in 2002 but not in many other states where militants tried to foment violence. The general electoral theory he develops for India is extended to Ireland, Malaysia and Romania as Wilkinson shows that similar political factors motivate ethnic violence in many different countries.

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