Book contents
- Playing with Fire
- Playing with Fire
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- 1 Parties and Political Violence
- 2 A Theory of Party Instability and Political Violence
- 3 The Development of Divergent Parties and Party Systems in Kenya and India
- 4 Party Instability and Political Violence in Kenya
- 5 Party Fragility and Subnational Patterns of Violence in Kenya’s Rift Valley and Coast Regions
- 6 Party Stabilization, Declining Riot Violence, and New Modalities of Political Conflict in India
- 7 Party Politics and Subnational Trajectories of Riot Violence in India’s Hyderabad and Meerut Cities
- 8 Party Instability and Political Violence
- 9 Conclusion
- Book part
- References
- Datasets
- Index
7 - Party Politics and Subnational Trajectories of Riot Violence in India’s Hyderabad and Meerut Cities
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 25 October 2024
- Playing with Fire
- Playing with Fire
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- 1 Parties and Political Violence
- 2 A Theory of Party Instability and Political Violence
- 3 The Development of Divergent Parties and Party Systems in Kenya and India
- 4 Party Instability and Political Violence in Kenya
- 5 Party Fragility and Subnational Patterns of Violence in Kenya’s Rift Valley and Coast Regions
- 6 Party Stabilization, Declining Riot Violence, and New Modalities of Political Conflict in India
- 7 Party Politics and Subnational Trajectories of Riot Violence in India’s Hyderabad and Meerut Cities
- 8 Party Instability and Political Violence
- 9 Conclusion
- Book part
- References
- Datasets
- Index
Summary
This chapter offers a subnational accounting of patterns of riot violence in Hyderabad in Andhra Pradesh and Meerut in Uttar Pradesh. It shows that much like at the national level, these cities fell prey to repeated and severe riots when soaring party instability incentivized conflict on the part of both Congress elites as well as politicians from its emerging electoral rivals. However, following the restoration of relative party stability in the late 1980s, both Hyderabad and Meerut have witnessed communal quiescence. The chapter further shows that this quiescence is due to the fact that elites are keen to avoid sanctioning from voters for engaging in conflict.
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- Playing with FireParties and Political Violence in Kenya and India, pp. 142 - 172Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024