Other Backward Class Muslims of West Bengal, India
A Sociological and Social Anthropological Insight
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6085329 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Munshi Israil Hossain (0000-0002-0129-6662) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 267-280 |
| Publication date | 2013-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| 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 | 10.1080/13602004.2013.826449 |
| OpenAlex | W1983105949 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
Sociological and social anthropological studies on the Muslim society in India with particular reference to the Other Backward Class (OBC) Muslims of West Bengal are negligible causing a vast lacuna and immense loophole in our perception and understanding of not only the OBC Muslims of West Bengal, but also the Indian Muslim community as a whole from an empirical point of view. The analysis presented in this paper is a modest attempt to examine the socio-economic characteristics of Muslims in West Bengal, India, through an analysis of available statistics of socio-economic characteristics and resulting social stratification among the Muslims within the context of the larger Indian Society. Muslims constitute a minority community with approximately 13% of the billion strong Indian population, thus they are one of the largest Muslim minority communities in the world. However, they continue to have lower scores on socio-economic indices across all indicators which will be presented and analyzed in this paper. The paper also highlights the socio-economic backwardness of the Muslims with special reference to the Muslim OBCs of West Bengal from a historical perspective
Backwardness · BENGAL · Context (archaeology · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Islam · Muslim community · Political science · Population · Social class · Social science · Social stratification · Socioeconomics · Sociology · West bengal · Agricultural Economics and Practices · Demography · Gender Studies · Law · Social and Economic Development in India · South Asian Studies and Diaspora
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,75 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2025 (4) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |