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Kim, Heewon (2019) The Struggle for Equality: India's Muslims and Rethinking the UPA Experience. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

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Abstract

The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government (2004–14) led by the Congress came to power with a radical agenda for religious minorities. This included legislation and policies against discrimination and disadvantages suffered by religious minorities, especially Muslims, and a new framework for delivering substantive equality of opportunity. This work offers a new interpretation of the UPA's record. In critically re-evaluating the UPA's performance, it uses an institutional policy analysis approach which combines historical institutionalism (and path dependence) with policy analysis. It draws on official sources and extensive interviews with elite administrators and policy makers who were at the core of decision making during the UPA's tenure in office. Detailed case studies are provided of Muslims in public sector employment, the provision of service delivery for Muslim communities in India, and the efforts to create a new legislative framework against communal violence.

Item Type: Authored Books
Keywords: Area Studies, South Asian Government, Politics and Policy, Asian Studies, Political Sociology, Politics and International Relations, Sociology
SOAS Departments & Centres: Departments and Subunits > School of History, Religions & Philosophies > Department of Religions & Philosophies
ISBN: 9781108235839
DOI (Digital Object Identifier): https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108235839
Date Deposited: 18 Feb 2019 15:31
URI: https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/id/eprint/30380
Related URLs: https://www.cam ... dtn-information (Publisher URL)
Funders: British Academy

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