Handbook of Muslims in India

Empirical and Policy Perspectives
Erscheinungsjahr 2010
ISBN: 978-0-19-806205-9
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 328 Seiten, Format (B × H): 185 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 794 g

The Handbook analyses the status of the Muslims in India by looking at the discussion initiated by the 2006 report of the Prime Minister's High Level Committee on the Status of Muslims in India, headed by Justice Rajinder Sachar. The Sachar Committee Report used large-scale empirical data to analyze the socio-economic conditions of the Indian Muslims, thus highlighting the heterogeneity within the community. This volume takes the debate initiated by the Report
further, bringing together the most recent empirical work on equity-related concerns with a focus on human development parameters, in a comprehensive and thematic manner.
The first section examines the socio-historical context of Muslims in India, thus setting the tone for analysis of their demographic and educational conditions in a comparative perspective. The second and third sections analyse the socio-economic conditions of the Muslims by exploring the various dimensions of the labour and employment market. The final section considers the policy options that are available to improve the condition of the Indian Muslims.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Basant, Rakesh

Shariff, Abusaleh

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Religionssoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Geschichte des Islam Geschichte des Islam: 20./21. Jahrhundert
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionssoziologie und -psychologie, Spiritualität, Mystik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Tables; List of Figures; Contributors; Foreword (Rajinder Sachar)
1.: Introduction (Rakesh Basant and Abusaleh Shariff); Section I-Socio-Historical Context;
2.: Indo-Islamic Thought and Issues of Religious Co-existence (Irfan Habib);
3.: On the Making of Muslims in India Historically (Satish Saberwal);
Section II-Socio-economic Status;
4.: How do Indian Muslims Fare on Social Indicators? (Anil B. Deolalikar)
5.: The Muslim Population of India-A Demographic Portrayl (P.M. Kulkarni)
6.: Religion and Childhood Death in India (Sonia Bhalotra, Christine Valente and Arthur van Soest)
7.: Social Divisions in Education in India (Sonia Bhalotra and Bernarda Zamora); Section III-Employment and Labour Market;
8.: Risk Associated With Belonging to Disadvantaged Groups and Labour Market Outcomes in India-A Bayesian Analysis (Vani K. Borooah)
9.: Informality and Gender in the Labour Market for Muslims in India: Has Education Been a Route Out of Poverty? (Jeemol Unni)
10.: Earnings Inequality in India: Has the Rise of Caste and Religion Based Politics in India had an Impact (Sumon K. Bhaumik and Manisha Chakrabarty)
11.: Economic of Religion: Spiritual Capital and Philanthropy amongst Muslims in India (Abusaleh Shariff); Section IV-Policy Implications
12.: Unequal Playing Field: Socio-Religious Inequalities in Educational Attainment in India (Sonalde Desai and Veena Kulkarni)
13.: Is Positive Discrimination a Good Way to Aid Disadvantaged Communities? (Thomas Weisskopf)

Über Autor(innen)

Rakesh Basant is Professor of Economics, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.