Violent Conjuntures in Democratic India Basu, Amrita 1953- creator author. text bibliography nyu 2015 monographic eng print xxviii, 334 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. "This book is a pioneering study of when and why Hindu nationalists have engaged in discrimination and violence against minorities in contemporary India. Amrita Basu asks why the incidence and severity of violence differs significantly across Indian states, within states, and through time. Contrary to many predictions, the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has neither consistently engaged in anti-minority violence nor been compelled by the centrifugal pressures of democracy to become a centrist party. Rather, the national BJP has alternated between moderation and militancy. Hindu nationalist violence has been conjunctural, determined by relations among its own party, social movement organization, and state governments, and on the character of opposition states, parties and movements. This study accords particular importance to the role of social movements in precipitating anti-minority violence. It calls for a broader understanding of social movements and a greater appreciation of their relationship to political parties"-- Introduction -- Part I. The Pillars of Hindu Nationalism -- 1. The state : dialectics of states, parties, and movements -- 2. Party politics : disrupting party-movement boundaries -- 3. Movements politics : globalized markets and sacred spaces -- Part II. Extensive Violence -- 4. When local violence is not merely local : a tale of two towns -- 5. Gujarat : the perfect storm -- Part III. Episodic Violence -- 6. Uttar Pradesh : movements and counter movements -- 7. Himachal Pradesh : the party rules -- 8. Rajasthan : two phases of party-movement relations -- 9. Conclusion. Amrita Basu, Amherst College. Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-320) and index. a-ii--- India Politics and government 1977- India Social conditions 1947- Political violence India Minorities Violence against India Bharatiya Janata Party. Hindus India Politics and government Democracy Social aspects India Nationalism Social aspects India Social movements Political aspects India Social conflict India POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / International Bharatiya Janata Party. Democracy Social aspects Hindus Politics and government Minorities Violence against Nationalism Social aspects Political violence Politics and government Social conditions Social conflict Social movements Political aspects India Since 1947 fast DS480.853 .B378 2015 303.6/20954 POL040020 Cambridge studies in contentious politics 9781107461321 (paperback) 1107461324 (paperback) 9781107089631 (hardback) 1107089638 (hardback) 2014044903 DLC 141120 20170928132759.0 in00003531988 eng