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Michael Weaver
Michael Weaver is a Collegiate Assistant Professor and Harper-Schmidt Fellow at the University of Chicago. Prior to this he was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Political Science at The University of British Columbia. His research examines the causes and consequences of ethnic and racial violence, focussing on the how political parties and the media enable or discourage violence. In other work, he also examines how war transforms democratic politics. He holds a Ph.D. from Yale University.
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Do political parties matter for ethnic violence? The Congress and Hindu-Muslim riots in India
India has seen frequent violent clashes between Hindus and Muslims since independence. This column analyses an important yet largely overlooked driver of ethnic violence: the ruling political party at the local level. In particular, it provides the most credible test to date of the effect of local Congress incumbency on Hindu-Muslim violence in the country.
