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SUMMARY:Playing with Fire - Parties and Political Violence in Kenya and In
 dia - Dr Aditi Malik (College of the Holy Cross)
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CONTACT:Claudia Rehm
DESCRIPTION:We are very excited to be hosting Dr Aditi Malik for a present
 ation of her book "Playing with Fire - Parties and Political Violence in K
 enya.\n\nDrawing on a rare cross-regional comparison of Kenya and India\, 
 Playing with Fire develops a novel explanation about ethnic party violence
 . Combining rich historical\, qualitative\, and quantitative data\, the bo
 ok demonstrates how levels of party instability can crucially inform the d
 ecisions of political elites to organize or support violence. Centrally\, 
 it shows that settings marked by unstable parties are more vulnerable to e
 xperiencing recurring and major episodes of party violence than those popu
 lated by durable parties. This is because transient parties enable politic
 ians to disregard voters' future negative reactions to conflict. By contra
 st\, stable party organizations compel politicians to take such costs into
  account\, thereby dampening the potential for recurring and severe party 
 violence. By centering political parties as key actors in the production o
 f conflict\, and bringing together evidence from both Africa and South Asi
 a\, Playing with Fire contributes new insights to the study of political v
 iolence.\n\nAditi Malik is Associate Professor of Political Science at the
  College of the Holy Cross. She studies political violence\, gender-based 
 violence\, and social movements and contentious politics in Africa and Sou
 th Asia. Aditi has conducted fieldwork on these topics in Rwanda\, Kenya\,
  South Africa\, Cambodia\, India\, and Nepal. Playing with Fire is her fir
 st book.
LOCATION: Room S1\, Alison Richard Building\, 7 West Road\, Cambridge\, CB
 3 9DT
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