“zoya hasan”

Presenting a collection of articles on the politics and party system in India, this book examines the Congress system, the national parties, as well as the regional parties. Discussed in terms of their connection with caste, class, and communal and regional politics, these parties are also analyzed ... More

This path breaking study of Muslim women in India seeks to dispel popular misperceptions and sterotypes regarding their status, as well as to seriously engage with academic debates on gender and Islam. The data and interpretative analysis presented here are based on the first ever national survey o... More

Situated at the interface of policy and political processes, this study explores the dynamics and strategies of the state with regard to Muslims and lower castes. It examines the underlying issues that influence state policy towards disadvantaged groups and assesses specific strategies and whether t... More

This book explores the character of the political transformation and democratic transition in the Asian Muslim world. It asks whether democracy is appropriate and desirable as a political system for non-Western societies, and assesses the extent of actual democratization in each of the countries stu... More

This volume explores certain key issues in the lives of Muslim women in India. It is based on comprehensive survey research and fieldwork, the first of its kind done on Muslim women in India. It analyzes the contemporary state of education, employment opportunity, and marriage and other key indicato... More

Based on recent empirical work, these essays analyse patterns of employment and the low participation of Muslim women in the labour market, explore gender differentials in educational attainment and its links to other aspects of social inequality and examine the influence of religious and other fac... More

Examining the processes of state formation and consolidation, and the erosion of the post-colonial state, this book highlights three themes: the constraints of modernization; the contradictory logic of modernization vis-a-vis assertive political identities; and the politics of the governed and the b... More

Examining the processes of state formation and consolidation, and the erosion of the post-colonial state, this book highlights three themes: the constraints of modernization; the contradictory logic of modernization vis-a-vis assertive political identities; and the politics of the governed and the b... More