Political Process in Uttar Pradesh: Identity, Economic Reforms and Governance

The essays in Political Process in Uttar Pradesh: Identity, Economic Reform and Governance explores inter linkages between identities based on caste and community, democratic politics, the process of development, economic reform and governance in Uttar Pradesh since the late 1980s. It discusses Hindutva, reservation and Dalit politics and how it drove mass politics in Uttar Pradesh and the severe financial crisis in the early 90s in the wake of liberalization policies.