Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction: Democratisation in Uttar Pradesh - Craig Jeffrey
Rural Transformation and Occupational Diversification in Western Uttar Pradesh: Economic and Demographic Changes in a Village - Satendra Kumar
Underserved and Overdosed? Muslims and the Pulse Polio Initiative in Rural North India - Patricia Jeffery
The Elusive Pursuit of Social Justice for Dalits in Uttar Pradesh - Ali Mehdi
Agency in Words, Self-representation in Action: Connecting and Disconnecting Dalit and Low-Caste Women With India’s History of Gender and Politics - Manuela Ciotti
Political Cooperation And Distrust: Identity Politics and Yadav-Muslim Relations, 1999–2009 - Lucia Michelutti and Oliver Heath
On Whose Behalf? Women’s Activism and Identity Politics in Uttar Pradesh - Radhika Govinda
The Politics of Identity and the People Left Behind: The Mallah Community of Uttar Pradesh - Assa Doron
Working Narratives of Intercommunity Harmony in Varanasi’s Silk Sari Industry - Philippa Williams
Democracy and Development in Uttar Pradesh - Zoya Hasan
Glossary
Index

About the Author

Roger Jeffery is a Professor of Sociology of South Asia at The University of Edinburgh. His research has covered public health policy, social demography and pharmaceuticals regulation. He is the University’s Dean International (India), Director of the India Institute and President of the European Association of South Asian Studies. He has recently edited (with Craig Jeffrey and Jens Lerche) Development Failure and Identity Politics in Uttar Pradesh (SAGE 2014) and (with Oliver Heath) Change and Diversity: Economics, Politics and Society in Contemporary India (OUP 2010). He is the author and co-author of numerous books including most recently Education, Masculinities and Unemployment in North India (with Craig Jeffrey and Patricia Jeffery, Social Science Press 2010).

Craig Jeffrey is Professor of Development Geography at Oxford University and Fellow and Tutor at St. John’s College, Oxford. He works on youth, education, corruption and politics, with particular reference to South Asia. His recent books include Timepass: Youth, Class and the Politics of Waiting (2010), India Today: Economy, Society, and Politics (with Stuart Corbridge and John Harriss) and Degrees without Freedom: Education, Masculinities and Unemployment in North India (with Patricia Jeffery and Roger Jeffery).

Jens Lerche is Senior Lecturer in the Development Studies Department at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) of the University of London. He works on agrarian change, labour and caste in India, particularly in UP. His recent publications include articles on agrarian transition and agrarian crisis; work hierarchies and social mobilisation; and affirmative action for low castes, all in an Indian context. He is an editor of the Journal of Agrarian Change and has edited books on UP and Agrarian Transition and Labour in India.

Reviews

[The book] is highly scholarly and the conclusions drawn have the caution becoming of academics...a valuable addition to the study of Indian politics at grassroots.
*The Hindu*

[The book] provides a qualitative understanding of development failures and identity politics in the state of Uttar Pradesh (UP)... an important addition to the study of Indian Politics at grassroots... it examines neo-liberal change and political transformation in India through the lens of UP and the link between shift in contemporary economy of India and change in politics from the perspective of UP...the contributions to this book not only highlights this mismatch between formal and substantive democratization, but also looks into the lived consistencies of life in Uttar Pradesh.
*Social Action, Vol 65*