TY - GEN AU - Kim, Heewon TI - Struggle for equality: : India's Muslims and rethinking the UPA experience SN - 9781108416108 U1 - 324.254 PY - 2019/// CY - New Delhi PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Muslims KW - Equality KW - Politics and government KW - Economic conditions KW - Government Policy KW - Social conditions KW - United Progressive Alliance (India) KW - India N1 - Include Bibliography and Index N2 - 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 policymakers 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 ER -