The Deadly Ethnic Riot
Donald L. Horowitz
Oxford University Press: 2001
588 pages: Price: Rs 595
Donald Horowitz has gone deep into how and why riots occur. His scholarly work on The Deadly Ethnic Riot offers multiple explanations and sub-explanations around two inter-related questions.
Why do riots occur at one place and not another? Are violent riots a permanent feature in every divided society? In the hierarchy of explanations, Horowitz stresses on the role of social support for those who fuel riots. In his own words,
