Votes and Violence - Electoral Competition and Ethnic Riots in India (Paperback, New ed)

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.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics
Release date:	November 2006
First published:	2004
Authors:	Steven I. Wilkinson (Professor of Political Science and International Affairs)
Dimensions:	229 x 148 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	312
Edition:	New ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-53605-9
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Political economy Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political activism > General
LSN:	0-521-53605-7
Barcode:	9780521536059

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