Making a Muslim: reading publics and contesting identities in nineteenth-century North India
Who is a Muslim? Identities of Exclusion -- Zillat, apne hāthon se -- Main majbūr hu'ā: Print Matters -- Performativity, and Orality in Print.
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| Tipo di documento: | Stampa Libro |
| Lingua: | Inglese |
| Servizio "Subito": | Ordinare ora. |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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Cambridge, United Kingdom New York, NY Port Melbourne, vic New Delhi Singapore
Cambridge University Press
2021
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| In: | Anno: 2021 |
| (sequenze di) soggetti normati: | B
India (Nord)
/ Musulmano
/ Identità religiosa
/ Identità culturale
/ Storia 1857-1947
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| Altre parole chiave: | B
Muslims (India)
History 19th century
B India Politics and government 19th century |
| Riepilogo: | Who is a Muslim? Identities of Exclusion -- Zillat, apne hāthon se -- Main majbūr hu'ā: Print Matters -- Performativity, and Orality in Print. "How do ideas shape government decision-making? Comparativist scholarship has conventionally given unbridled primacy to external, material interests - such as votes and rents - as proximately shaping political behavior. Although these logics tend to explicate elite decisionmaking around elections and the predictability of pork barrel politics, they fall short in explaining political conduct during a credibility crisis, such as when governments are faced with a nationwide anti-corruption movement. In such instances of high political uncertainty, the author argues in this book, elite ideas drive government decision-making. We have observed such arguments being made in the realm of international relations, American politics, and the political economy of development in western Europe; but an account of ideas fueling or sometimes even constraining government action in developing world contexts, where material pressures are high, is found wanting. The purpose of this book is to move beyond the banal claim that ideas matter, and trace where ideas come from, how they are chosen, and when they are most salient for explaining political behavior in developing democracies. The study focuses on India, with similar settings, including Brazil, Turkey, and Indonesia"-- |
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| Descrizione del documento: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 1108490530 |