Full Description
This book provides a comprehensive look into the development challenges and critical socio-economic issues of the Muslim communities in Uttar Pradesh—India's most populous state and home to one of its largest Muslim populations.
Well-known for its syncretic culture, benevolent kings and nawabs, Uttar Pradesh has also been a region that has historically experienced significant religious politics and communal violence. This book moves beyond these sectoral approaches and attempts to present a holistic, detailed, and contemporary perspective on the development of Muslims in the state. It traces the complex sectarian, caste-based, occupational, and regional diversities within the Muslim population in Uttar Pradesh and investigates the intersections of identity, social stratification, and development. Drawing on detailed empirical research, the volume explores critical issues such as educational and occupational mobility, health disparities, livelihood patterns, migration, and access to financial services. It highlights the persistent inequalities faced by Muslims in the state and examines how historical and contemporary processes including sectarian divides, caste hierarchies, political marginalisation, and policy shortcomings have shaped their current realities.
This book, along with its companion volume Development Challenges of Muslims in Uttar Pradesh, will be of interest to students and researchers of politics, development studies, anthropology, human geography, sociology, and minority studies. It will also be of relevance to those in development administration, civil society organizations, and the general reader interested in development and deprivation in the state or Hindu-Muslim politics.
Contents
List of Figures. List of Tables. Notes on the Contributors. Preface and Acknowledgements. 1. Introduction 2. Situating Muslims in Uttar Pradesh: History and Progress Part I: Demographic Features, Education, and Health 3. Demographic Profile of Muslims in Uttar Pradesh: An Analysis of Situation and Recent Transitions 4. Intergenerational Occupational and Educational Mobilities among Muslims in Uttar Pradesh 5. School Education among Muslims in Uttar Pradesh: Access, Equity and Quality 6. Diversity of Madarasas in Uttar Pradesh 7. Mind the Gap: Inequality in Access to Higher Education among Muslims in Uttar Pradesh 8. Education and the low-level Equilibrium Trap of UP Muslims: Are we Mis-specifying the Nature of the Problem? 9. Health and Nutritional Status among Socio-Religious Groups in Uttar Pradesh: The Context of Muslims 10. Socio-Economic and Health Status of Elderly across Socio-Religious Groups in Uttar Pradesh Part II: Livelihoods, Economic Condition, and Financial Inclusion 11. Socio-Economic Conditions of Muslims in Uttar Pradesh 12. Employment and Unemployment among Socio-Religious Groups in Uttar Pradesh 13. Migration and Remittances among Muslims in Uttar Pradesh 14. International Migration among Muslims from Uttar Pradesh 15. Landholdings in Uttar Pradesh: Distributional Inequalities among Socio-Religious Categories 16. Status of Industrial Ownership of Muslims in Uttar Pradesh 17. Religion-based Discrimination in the Labour Market in Uttar Pradesh 18. Financial Inclusion in Uttar Pradesh. Index
