'Beef lynching' in India: exploring the causes of religiously motivated violence
The right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) came to power in India in 2014 and is currently serving its third term under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. In 2018, India was downgraded to an "electoral autocracy" and, by 2024, it was categorized as "one of the worst auto...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Frankfurt a. M.
PRIF
2025
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| In: | Year: 2025 |
| Series/Journal: | TraCe Policy Brief
2025, No. 7 |
| Further subjects: | B
Violent crime
B Cattle B Minority B Ideology B Religion B Right wing party B Beef B India |
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| Summary: | The right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) came to power in India in 2014 and is currently serving its third term under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. In 2018, India was downgraded to an "electoral autocracy" and, by 2024, it was categorized as "one of the worst autocratizers" according to V-Dem's Democracy Report. The rise of the BJP has coincided with a disturbing increase in lynchings of religious minorities, primarily Muslims, across the country. This policy brief explores the causes of these lynchings, which have become an instrument of political mobilization for the right-wing government. |
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| Item Description: | Literaturangaben: Seite 6 |
| Physical Description: | 1 Online-Ressource (5 Seiten), 1 Diagramm |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.48809/PRIFTraCePB2507 |
