Handbook of muslims in India: empirical and policy perspectives

Examining the status of Muslims in contemporary India, this handbook discusses their socio-historical background, analyses their demographic, educational and socio-economic conditions, and also looks at policy options to improve their condition. INDICE: 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 inIndia: 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 ofReligion: 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)

• ISBN: 978-0-19-806205-9
• Editorial: Oxford University
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 328
• Fecha Publicación: 14/01/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés