Warriors in politics : Hindu nationalism, violence, and the Shiv Sena in India /: Hindu nationalism, violence, and the Shiv Sena in India. (2021)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Sikata Banerjee.
• Authors: Banerjee, Sikata
• Contents: Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Theoretical Dichotomies; Instrumentalism and Primordialism; A Critique of Instrumentalism; Conclusion; 2. Incidents of Violence; Jogeshwari; Behrampada; Dharavi, ; Govandi/Deonar, ; Context of the Riots in Mumbai, ; Conclusion, ; 3. Economic Dislocations; Unique Conditions; De-Industrialization; The Informal Sector; Demand for Factory Labor; Growth in the Services Sector; Aftermath of the Textile Strike; Conclusion; 4. Political Dislocations; Crisis of Congress Governability; Internal Rivalry and the Political Vacuum in Maharashtra; Shifts in Caste Voting; Betrayal of Secularism; Politics of Demolition; Conclusion; 5. Mobilization of the Shiv Sena; The Political Story of the Shiv Sena; The Recruitment of Party Activists; The Shiv Sena: Who Leads?; The Shiv Sena and Its Economic Role; Conclusion; 6. Masculine Hinduism; Hegemonic Masculinity and Nationalism; Hinduism and Colonialism; Masculine Hinduism and Hindu Revivalism; Tactics of Masculine Hinduism in Maharashtra; Ideas of Masculine Hinduism in the Mumbai Riots; Conclusion; 7. The Future of Secular Democracy; Public Responses to the Mumbai Riots; Hindu Nationalism and the Elections; Sena/BJP Governance: Loss of Credibility; Sena/BJP Governance: Selected Policies; Hindu Nationalism and Nuclear Testing; Conclusion; 8. Conclusions; Selected Glossary; Selected Bibliography; Index
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2021
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 303.60954792; Political violence -- India -- Mumbai; Communalism -- India -- Mumbai; Violence -- India -- Mumbai; Mumbai (India) -- Ethnic relations
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781000009118
• Related ISBNs: 9781000002270; 9780429268564
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