TY - JOUR
T1 - Political competition, relative deprivation, and perceived threat
T2 - A research note on anti-Christian violence in India
AU - Bauman, Chad
AU - Leech, Tamara
PY - 2012/12
Y1 - 2012/12
N2 - A preliminary subnational statistical analysis of violence against Christians in contemporary India, this article suggests that whereas the data provide very little support for simple, demographic explanations of this violence, they do more robustly support theories emphasizing the relative status of ethnic and religious minorities (vis-à-vis majorities) and the perception, among Hindus, that Christians (and other minorities) represent a threat to their numerical, political and economic strength.
AB - A preliminary subnational statistical analysis of violence against Christians in contemporary India, this article suggests that whereas the data provide very little support for simple, demographic explanations of this violence, they do more robustly support theories emphasizing the relative status of ethnic and religious minorities (vis-à-vis majorities) and the perception, among Hindus, that Christians (and other minorities) represent a threat to their numerical, political and economic strength.
KW - Christian
KW - Hindu
KW - India
KW - ethnic violence
KW - nationalism
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84869162733&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/01419870.2011.631558
DO - 10.1080/01419870.2011.631558
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84869162733
SN - 0141-9870
VL - 35
SP - 2195
EP - 2216
JO - Ethnic and Racial Studies
JF - Ethnic and Racial Studies
IS - 12
ER -
