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When State Responses Fail: Religion and Secessionism in India 1952–2002
Ist Teil von
The Journal of politics, 2012-10, Vol.74 (4), p.1010-1022
Ort / Verlag
New York, USA: Cambridge University Press
Erscheinungsjahr
2012
Quelle
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
Beschreibungen/Notizen
Why are some challenges to the territorial unity of democratic states more tractable than others? The literature has focused on numerous explanatory factors, including the impact of institutional reforms and government policies implemented in response to subnational mobilization and the ethnic identity of subnational groups. Building on the insights of a large literature on the political consequences of religious mobilization, this article analyzes a new dataset on the trajectory of 181 subnational political organizations active in India between 1952 and 2002. The article shows that demands for autonomy or secession put forward by religious organizations are likely to prove much more resilient over time than identical demands advanced by nonreligious organizations. The analysis has important implications for the study of secessionism and ethnic politics in general.