Neera Chandhoke Professorin für Politikwissenschaft (em.), University of Delhi Aufenthalt am Forschungskolleg Humanwissenschaften: Oktober 2012‒März 2013Forschungsthema am Forschungskolleg Humanwissenschaften: »What is the Relationship between Democracy and Political Violence? The Context of India«Projektbeschreibung: Democracy and political violence appear at first glance to be contradictory concepts. Logically the institutionalisation of democracy with its rich traditions of debate, participation and representation should pre-empt the eruption and consolidation of sustained political violence. Yet a democracy like India has been wracked by political violence for quite some time now. Apart from the violence of everyday life, the country confronts a highly organised armed struggle waged by the extreme left in about one thirds of the country. The struggle raises some very uncomfortable questions about Indian democracy. If in 125 districts in the country, people have either taken up the gun to wage war against the Government of India, or supported (explicitly or implicitly) Maoist cadres who do so, what does this tell us about the nature of democracy? The more substantive question follows: what is the relationship between democracy and political violence? Taking the case of India as an empirical anchor for a theoretical enquiry, this research project seeks to explore the complexities of the relationship between democracy and highly organized and ideologically charged forms of political violence, or more specifically radical armed struggle. (Neera Chandhoke) Förderung des Aufenthaltes: DFG-Kollegforschergruppe »Justitia Amplificata. Rethinking Justice − Applied and Global«Wissenschaftliches Profil von Neera ChandhokeForschungsschwerpunkte: Politische Theorie, vergleichende Politikwissenschaft, Analyse politischer Prozesse in Entwicklungsgesellschaften mit besonderem Fokus auf IndienVeröffentlichungen (Auswahl):
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