Title The struggle for equality : India's Muslims and rethinking the UPA Experience / Heewon Kim

Published New Delhi : Cambridge University Press, 2019

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 247 pages) Contents Cover; The Struggle for Equality; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Tables and Figures; Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; India's Muslims; Equality of opportunity, the Indian state, minorities and Muslims; Defining the puzzle of UPA, equal opportunities and Muslims: a paradigm shift or political pragmatism?; Outline of the Book; 1. Opening Up the 'Black Box' of Public Policy: Towards an Institutional Analysis of India's Policies on Religious Minorities; Introduction; Existing Literature and Arguments; Public Policy Studies and the Policy Process Policy Actors and InstitutionsStudying Institutions; Historical Institutionalism and Path Dependence; Analytical Approach: A Summary; Research Questions; A Note on Methodology; Conclusion; 2. Constitution-Making, Equality of Opportunity and Religious Minorities: Reassessing the Critical Juncture; Introduction; Constitution-Making as a Critical Juncture: Redefining Minority Rights; Religious Minorities, Equality of Opportunity and the Constitution; Institutionalisation of Caste and 'Competing' Equalities of Opportunity after Constitution-Making Institutionalised Regimes of 'Competing Equalities'Minorities, Communal Violence and a Contestational Juncture: The 1980s, 1990s and 2000s; Religious Minorities and the Institutionalisation of 'Competing Equalities': The Case of India's Muslims; Muslims and Public Sector Employment; Muslims and Service Delivery; Muslims and Insecurity; Conclusion; 3. The UPA in Power: The New Equal Opportunities Framework, Religious Minorities and the Limits of Change; Introduction; Agenda-setting: UPA and the 2004 General Elections; Policy Formulation UPA I and a new framework of equality of opportunity for religious minorities with special reference to MuslimsReligion as a Category of Social Exclusion; Religious minorities and SCs, STs and OBCs-a new level playing field; Proportionality in Service Delivery; Institutionalising Equality of Opportunity and Promotion of Social Diversity (Equal Opportunity Commission and Diversity Index); Decision-making: Understanding the UPA's Decisions and Non-decisions; Sachar Committee Report (SCR); Ranganath Misra Commission Report (RMCR); Equal Opportunity Commission (EOC) and the Diversity Index (DI) Implementation: Executive Action, Symbolism and Promotional PoliciesExecutive Action; Symbolic Implementation; Promotional Policies; Evaluation; Conclusion; 4. UPA, Muslims and Public Sector Employment: Assessing the Record; Introduction; Agenda-setting; Policy Formulation; Sachar Committee Report (SCR); Ranganath Misra Commission Report (RMCR): the parliamentary and executive domains; Parliamentary domain; Executive domain; Decision-making; Post-judicial intervention; Implementation and Evaluation; Data on Muslims in central government employment: public access and denial Summary The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government (2004-14) led by the Congress came to power with a radical agenda for religious minorities. This included legislation and policies against discrimination and disadvantages suffered by religious minorities, especially Muslims, and a new framework for delivering substantive equality of opportunity. This work offers a new interpretation of the UPA's record. In critically re-evaluating the UPA's performance, it uses an institutional policy analysis approach which combines historical institutionalism (and path dependence) with policy analysis. It draws on official sources and extensive interviews with elite administrators and policy makers who were at the core of decision making during the UPA's tenure in office. Detailed case studies are provided of Muslims in public sector employment, the provision of service delivery for Muslim communities in India, and the efforts to create a new legislative framework against communal violence Notes Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 12 Feb 2019) Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject United Progressive Alliance (India) SUBJECT United Progressive Alliance (India) fast Subject Muslims -- India. HISTORY -- Asia -- India & South Asia. Muslims Politics and government SUBJECT India -- Politics and government -- 21st century Subject India Form Electronic book ISBN 9781108235839 1108235832 9781108640886 1108640885

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