TY - BOOK AU - Varshney,Ashutosh TI - Ethnic conflict and civic life: Hindus and Muslims in India SN - 9780195661163 (hbk.) U1 - 954​.0088​2971 VAR 23 PY - 2002/// CY - New Delhi PB - Oxford University Press KW - Communalism KW - India KW - Ethnic conflict KW - Hindus KW - Muslims KW - Politics and government KW - 1947- N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-371) and index; PART I: ARGUMENTS AND THEORIES: Introduction Why civil society? Ethnic conflict and the existing traditions of inquiry PART II: THE NATIONAL LEVEL: Competing national imaginations Hindu-Muslim riots, 1950-1995: the national picture PART III: LOCAL VARIATIONS: "ALIGARH AND CALICUT: INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL CHEAVAGES": Aligarh and Calicut: civic life and its political foundations Vicious and virtuous circles "HYDERABAD AND LUCKNOW: ELITE INTEGRATION VERSUS MASS INTEGRATION": Gandhi and civil society Decline of a civic order and communal violence Endogeneity? Of causes and consequences PART IV: CONCLUSIONS: Ethnic conflict, the state, and civil society Appendix A: Questionnaire for the Project on Hindu-Muslim relations in India Appendix B: Data entry protocol for the riot database Appendix C: Regression results: Hindu-Muslim riots, 1950-1995 UR - http://openisbn.com/isbn/9780300100136/ ER -