Religious politics and communal violence/ edited by Steven I. Wilkinson - New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2005. - viii, 446 p. ; 23 cm. - (Critical issues in Indian politics) .

1. Rape at Daphnala --
2. Partition and violence in Mewat : rites of territorial and political passage --
3. Privileging the local : the 1984 riots --
4. Godhra : crime against humanity --
5. Hindus and Muslims : communal relations and cultural integration --
6. Communal violence in India --
7. Ethnic conflict and civil society : India and beyond --
8. The warriors --
9. Hindu-Muslim inter-group relations in India : applying socio-psychological perspectives --
10. Communal riots in Mau Nath Bhanjan --
11. The 1992 Calcutta riot into historical continuum : a relapse into 'communal fury'? --
12. The politics of processions and Hindu-Muslim riots --
13. The saffron wave --
14. When local riots are not merely local : bringing the state back in, Bijnor 1988-92 --
15. Contestation and negotiations : Hindutva sentiments and temporal interests in Gujarat elections --
16. Commentary : putting Gujarat in perspective

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Religion and politics
Communalism--Political aspects
Ethnic conflict
Ethnic conflict--Religious aspects

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