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082			_a303.6208900954 _bWIL/V
100			_aWilkinson,Steven I
245			_aVotes and violence : electoral competition and ethnic riots in India
260			_aCambridge _bCUP _c2004
300			_a293p.
520			_aWhy 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.
650			_aPolitical violence _aIndia _aElections _aEthnic conflict
942			_cBK
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