The political logic of ethnic violence: the anti-Muslim pogrom in Gujarat, 2002
Ethnic violence in Gujarat in 2002 killed at least a thousand Muslims. Compiling data from the Times of India, we investigate variation across 216 towns and rural areas. Analysis reveals the political logic of violence. Killing was less likely where the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)...
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Sage
2012
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