Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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
  • About the editors and contributors
  • Index.