Zoya Hasan
Professor Zoya Hasan | |
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| Spouse | Mushirul Hasan (--—2018) |
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| Notable works | Dominance and mobilisation: rural politics in western Uttar Pradesh |
Zoya Hasan is an Indian academic and political scientist.
Education and career
She was Professor of Political Science and Dean of the School of Social Sciences (SSS) at the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. She served as a member of the National Commission for Minorities from 2006 to 2009.[1] She has been a Visiting Professor to the Universities of Zurich, Edinburgh, and Maison des Sciences de L'Homme, Paris, and held fellowships at the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, Rockefeller Centre, Bellagio, and Centre for Modern Oriental Studies, Berlin. She has worked on research projects for the Indian Council of Social Science Research, Ford Foundation, DFID, United Nations Research Institute for Social Development and the Observer Research Foundation.
Hasan's work has focussed on state, political parties, ethnicity, gender and minorities in India, and society in north India. She is better known for her path-breaking work on the politics of Uttar Pradesh.[2][3]
She has also done extensive research on social and educational aspects of Indian Muslims and Muslim women.
Personal life
Zoya Hasan was married to the Indian historian and former Vice Chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia University, New Delhi, Mushirul Hasan (1949-2018).[4][5][6][7][8]
Bibliography
- Dominance and mobilisation: rural politics in western Uttar Pradesh, 1930-1980 (Sage, 1989)
- Forging identities: gender, communities, and the state in India (Westview Press, 1991)
- Quest for Power, Oppositional Movements and Post-Congress Politics in Uttar Pradesh (Oxford University Press, 1998).
- Politics and the state in India (Sage, 2000)
- (ed.) Parties and Party Politics in India (Oxford University Press, 2002)
- Unequal Citizens: Muslim Women in India (with Ritu Menon) (Oxford University Press, 2004)
- Educating Muslim girls: a comparison of five Indian cities (with Ritu Menon) (Women Unlimited, 2005)
- (ed.) India's living constitution: ideas, practices, controversies (Anthem Press, 2005)
- Democracy in Muslim societies: the Asian experience (Sage, 2007)
- Politics of Inclusion: Castes, Minorities and Affirmative Action (Oxford University Press, 2009)
- Congress After Indira: Policy, Power and Political Change 1984-2009 (Oxford University Press, 2012)
References
- ^ "National Commission for Minorities". National Commission for Minorities. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
- ^ Hasan, Zoya, Dominance and mobilisation: rural politics in western Uttar Pradesh, 1930-1980, Thousand Oaks, Calif.:Sage Publications, 1989
- ^ Hasan, Zoya, Quest for Power, Oppositional Movements and Post-Congress Politics in Uttar Pradesh, New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1998
- ^ Hasan, Zoya (27 August 2009). "Legislating against hunger". The Hindu. Retrieved 9 February 2010.
- ^ Bhagat, Rasheeda (5 September 2004). "A wake-up call". The Hindu. Retrieved 9 February 2010.
- ^ George, Varghese K; Saroj Nagi (7 February 2010). "Return of the Gandhi topi". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 9 February 2010.
- ^ "Panel wants changes in quota law". The Times of India. 2 November 2006. Retrieved 9 February 2010.
- ^ Venkatesan, V (3 January 2009). "Negative action". Frontline. Retrieved 9 February 2010.
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