Breaking the Wave: Explaining the Emergence of Inter-Ethnic Peace in a City of Historic Hindu-Muslim Violence. Honors Thesis in Political Science, University of Michigan, 2004. (original) (raw)

Deconstructing this assertion, Brass argues that recurrent episodes of communal violence in riotprone towns operate under 'institutionalized riot systems' where a nexus of communal organizations, hired criminals, and politicians incite riots at the time of their choosing. 14 Following this argument, habitual communal violence does not perpetuate itself simply due to insecurities and animosities that build up in such environments. Instead, Brass argues that a complex network of communalists operate in a system of mutual benefit in which set individuals 10 Varshney, Ashutosh.