Handbook of Muslims in India : empirical and policy perspectives / edited by Rakesh Basant, Abusaleh Shariff.

Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
New Delhi ; Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Description
xx, 308 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Details

Subject(s)
Related name
Series
Oxford India handbooks. [More in this series]
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
  • The state of Muslims in India : an overview / Rakesh Basant and Abusaleh Shariff
  • Socio-historical context. Indo-Islamic thought and the issue of religious coexistence / Irfan Habib ; On the making of Muslims in India historically / Satish Saberwal
  • Socio-economic status. The performance of Muslims on social indicators : a comparative perspective / Anil B. Deolalikar ; The Muslim population of India : a demographic portrayal / P.M. Kulkarni ; Religion and childhood death in India / Sonia Bhalotra, Christine Valente, and Arthur van Soest ; Social divisions in education in India / Sonia Bhalotra and Bernarda Zamora
  • Employment and labour market. On the risk of belonging to disadvantaged groups : a Bayesian analysis of labour market outcomes / Vani K. Borrooah ; Informality and gender in the labour market for Muslims : has education been a route out of poverty? / Jeemol Unni ; Earnings inequality : the impact of the rise of caste- and religion-based politics / Sumon Kumar Bhaumik and Manisha Chakrabarty ; Spiritual capital and philanthropy among Muslims / Abusaleh Shariff
  • Policy implications. Unequal playing field : socio-religious inequalities in educational attainment / Sonalde Desai and Veena Kulkarni ; Is positive discrimination a good way to aid disadvantaged communities? / Thomas E. Weisskopf.
ISBN
  • 9780198062059 (hbk.)
  • 0198062052 (hbk.)
LCCN
2010316945
OCLC
502401151
RCP
C - S
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