India''s Bangladesh Problem - The Marginalization of Bengali Muslims in Neoliberal Times

An innovative analysis of the experience of Bengali Muslims on the Indian side of the India-Bangladesh border.

List of contents

Dedication; List of Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgment; Introduction; 1. Neoliberalism and Identity-Based Hierarchy; 2. Borders as Sites of Strength and Vulnerability; 3. Assam and the Illegal Other; 4. Whatever Happened to Bengali Nationalism? The 'Appeased' Muslims of West Bengal; Conclusion; Select Bibliography; Appendices.

About the author

Navine Murshid is Associate Professor of Political Science at Colgate University. She is the author of The Politics of Refugees in South Asia: Identity, Resistance, Manipulation (Routledge, 2013).

Summary

Analyses the experience of Bengali Muslims on the India side of the India-Bangladesh border. Using the context of neoliberal policies, unequal bilateral relations, labour migration, contested citizenship and xenophobic government rhetoric, Murshid demonstrates that marginalization is based on a variety of historical, social and economic factors.

Product details

• Authors: Navine Murshid, Navine (Colgate University Murshid, Murshid Navine
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.11.2024
• EAN: 9781009259408
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0925940-8
• No. of pages: 287
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, HISTORY / Asia / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, HISTORY / World, International Relations, General & world history, Political science & theory, Asian History, General and world history, Political science and theory