Rival Claims: Ethnic Violence and Territorial Autonomy Under Indian Federalism

by Bethany Lacina

In this study of struggles for ethnoterritorial autonomy, Bethany Lacina explains regional elites' decision whether or not to fight for autonomy, and the central government's response to this decision. In India, the prime minister's respective electoral ties to separate, rival regional interests determine whether ethnoterritorial demands occur and whether they are repressed or accommodated.

Using new data on ethnicity and sub-national discrimination...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0472130242
• ISBN13: 9780472130245
• Release Date: February 2017
• Publisher: University of Michigan Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.1"