• DOI:10.1353/wp.2001.0012
Corpus ID: 73642565

Ethnic Conflict and Civil Society: India and Beyond

@article{Varshney2001EthnicCA,
  title={Ethnic Conflict and Civil Society: India and Beyond},
  author={A. Varshney},
  journal={World Politics},
  year={2001},
  volume={53},
  pages={362 - 398}
}

A. Varshney

Published 2001

Sociology

World Politics

Scholars have worked either on civil society or on ethnic conflict, but no systematic attempt has yet been made to connect the two. In an attempt to explore the possible links, this article makes two interconnected arguments. First, interethnic and intraethnic networks of civic engagement play very different roles in ethnic conflict. Because they build bridges and manage tensions, interethnic networks are agents of peace. But if communities are organized only along intraethnic lines and the… CONTINUE READING

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