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020			_a9781108416108
082			_a324.254 _bKIM-S
100			_aKim, Heewon
245			_aStruggle for equality _b: India's Muslims and rethinking the UPA experience
260			_bCambridge University Press _c2019 _aNew Delhi
300			_axvi, 247p.
504			_aInclude Bibliography and Index
520			_aThe 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.
650			_aMuslims _vEquality _vPolitics and government _vEconomic conditions _vGovernment Policy _vSocial conditions _vUnited Progressive Alliance (India) _zIndia
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