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September 19, 2012

Identity, Community, and Conflict: A Survey of Issues and Analyses

(Economic and Political Weekly, September 22, 2012)

by N Jayaram

Identity and its relation to ethnicity and community, on one side, and conflict, on the other, have emerged as salient topics for scholarly investigation in the social sciences. Both internationally and domestically, there has been a steady outpouring of writings on the subject. This paper surveys the trends in this engagement in India during the last three decades, exploring the aspects and dimensions of the relationship among identity, community and conflict seen in the literature in different social sciences.
http://www.epw.in/survey/identity-community-and-conflict.html