Identity, Violence and Power : Mobilising Hatred, Demobilising Dissent (Paperback, 1st ed. 2017)

Part I - Critique.-?1. Hateful groups and weak powers?.- 2. Evil leaders and obedient masses?.-3.?Part II - Model.- 4.Identity: the group as a collective performance.-?5.Violence: the transformation of identity by collective shocks.-?6. Power: the role of leadership in critical junctures.- 7.?Part III ? Case Studies.- 8. Riots, religion and the mobilisation of communal hatred in India.-?9. Ethnic violence in the former Yugoslavia: from myth to reality.-?10. When ‘rallying the nation’ fires back.-?Conclusion?