Policy Perspective vs. Field View
An Analysis of Madrasas in India
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 18075164 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Hem Borker (0000-0002-6588-6848, Twitter (United States), corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 457-469 |
| Publication date | 2020-07-02 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Institute of Muslim Minority Affairs Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0266-6952 • E-ISSN: 1469-9591 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13602004.2020.1819128 |
| OpenAlex | W3087909050 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
This paper examines the policy prescriptions that seek to address the educational backwardness of Muslim minorities in India. In particular, it highlights the flawed focus on madrasa reform in these documents and the linearism reflected in policy recommendations on madrasa modernisation. It draws on field-based narratives to challenge the flawed binaries of traditional and modern, religious and secular, which underpin the policy initiatives of madrasa reform in India. It argues that policy prescriptions like madrasa modernisation, framed with little understanding of the everyday lives of madrasa students and their families, risk remaining empty phrases
Backwardness · Economic growth · Modernization theory · Narrative · Political science · Sociology · Education and Islamic Studies · Law · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare · Public Administration · Religious Education and Schools
| Citations per year | 0.75 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |