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Development Challenges of Muslims in Uttar Pradesh
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Development Challenges of Muslims in Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh is home to India’s largest Muslim population, yet its Muslim communities experience disadvantages in education, secure employment, landholding, access to finance, and political representation. These inequalities arise from the interaction of historical disadvantage, uneven public investment, discrimination, restricted economic opportunities, and differences within communities shaped by gender, caste, biradari, and sect. This volume examines seven interlocking dimensions of this challenge: the development environment; social stratification and caste-based inequality; political representation; constraints affecting women’s education, mobility, employment, and financial autonomy; the design, funding, and implementation of development programmes; the stigmatization and criminalization of occupations and livelihoods; and affirmative action and reservation for Muslim groups.
Moving beyond a homogeneous view of Muslims, the book shows how material deprivation, social recognition, and political voice reinforce one another, and considers how public policy, institutions, and democratic representation might respond to layered inequalities. Read alongside its companion volume, Muslims of Uttar Pradesh: Demographic Features and Socio-Economic Inequalities, it will interest scholars of development studies, politics, sociology, anthropology, human geography, public policy, and minority studies. It will also interest policymakers, development administrators, civil-society organisations, and readers concerned with inequality, social justice, and Hindu–Muslim relations in contemporary India.
| Mídia | Livros Hardcover Book (Livro com lombada e capa dura) |
| A ser lançado | 2 de fevereiro de 2027 |
| ISBN13 | 9781032761985 |
| Editoras | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Páginas | 266 |
| Dimensões | 150 × 220 × 20 mm · 565 g (Peso (estimado)) |
