Autorentext

Amir Ullah Khan is Research Director at the Centre for Development Policy and Practice and Visiting Professor at the Indian School of Business.

Abdul Shaban is Professor and Chairperson of the Centre for Public Policy, Habitat and Human Development, School of Development Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, India.

Venkatanarayana Motkuri is Associate Professor with the Research Cell on Education at the Centre for Economic and Social Studies, Hyderabad, India.

Klappentext

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.

Inhalt

List of figures. List of tables. List of contributors. Acknowledgements. Introduction. 1. Why Has Uttar Pradesh Remained Backward? 2. Social Stratification and Politics: Muslims in Contemporary UP. 3. Unveiling Veiled Voices: Understanding Muslim Women's Experiences in Eastern Uttar Pradesh. 4. Barriers to Financial Inclusion for Muslim Women in Uttar Pradesh and Other Northern States. 5. The Missing Muslim Women of Zardozi: Art and Agency among Artisans in UP and Delhi. 6. Muslim Women Migrants from Uttar Pradesh in Bhiwandi: Struggle to Define Identities and Socio-Cultural Changes. 7. Political Representation of Muslims in Uttar Pradesh. 8. Analysis of State Budget of Uttar Pradesh with Reference to Social Sector and Schemes for Minorities. 9. Reservations for Backward Classes in Uttar Pradesh. 10. Preferences of youth voters in Uttar Pradesh: Findings from Varanasi and Lucknow. 11. Criminalisation of Occupational Communities: A Historical Background. Index.