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Electric Light and Minorities: The Provision of Semi-public Goods to Weaker Sections in India

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Inclusiveness in India

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This chapter is an attempt to examine the relation between the provision of semi-public goods and the status of religious minorities in India. Among these religious minorities,1 the focus is on the Muslim communities since the socio-economic status of Muslims, which is thought to have gradually deteriorated since independence, is a very important issue in India today.

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  1. Meiji-Gakuin University, Japan

    Shigemochi Hirashima (Professor Emeritus) (Professor Emeritus)

  2. Ritsumeikan University, Japan

    Hisaya Oda (Professor) (Professor)

  3. IDE-JETRO, Japan

    Yuko Tsujita (Associate Senior Research Fellow) (Associate Senior Research Fellow)

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Kondo, N. (2011). Electric Light and Minorities: The Provision of Semi-public Goods to Weaker Sections in India. In: Hirashima, S., Oda, H., Tsujita, Y. (eds) Inclusiveness in India. IDE-JETRO Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230304956_7

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