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Almost 20 years ago, political scientist Paul Brass published a book that set out to explain the production of Hindu-Muslim violence in contemporary India. Focusing on half a century of riots in Aligarh, he convincingly implicated the police, criminal elements, members of Aligarhâs business community, and many of its leading political actors in the continuous effort to âproduceâ violence.
Communal Violence, Forced Migration and the State
Communal Violence, Forced Migration and the State
Communal Violence, Forced Migration and the State
Gujarat since 2002
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Print publication year:
2015
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107588332
Communal Violence, Forced Migration and the State
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Book description
When violence occurs in democracies it is often characterized as an aberration. The state that saw human rights violations and failure of law and order in Gujarat in 2002 emerged, even if by its own admission, as a model for good governance. Communal Violence, Forced Migration and the State, through an account of displaced Muslims, challenges this notion. Through the unlikely yet probing lens of displacement, it offers fresh insight into communal violence and is an important resource for the emerging domain of forced migration and the changing nature of t