Muslims and modernization: a study of their changing role structure and norms in an urban setting

The Book discusses comprehensively
the concept of modernization and
shows how changes in social norms,
values and role-structures are the
basis of modernization. The chief
aim of the work is to bring into light
the extent and quality of changes
which have occured in the Muslim
families; in their institutional comp-
lex, and its effect on the status and
role of these Muslims.

The underlying question under con-
sideration was to what extent has
post independence efforts at econo-
mic development and modernization
helped or hindered this process of
modernization in this community. It
also probes into their value system
and aspirations in the light of their
educational, economic, and industrial
development. Various factors which
influence the degree of secularization
and their political modernization such
as the educational, economic factors
and the mass-media etc. have been
co-related. The status of Muslim
women and their political awareness
and political commitment have been
separately discussed. It also sug-
gests the prospects and possible
direction for further changes.
The work presented in this book had
originally been written for the docto-
ral thesis. It mainly centres around
the Muslims in the clty of Jaipur.
The entire work is being sustained
by the emperical data collected over
the period of three years by the
author herself add to the richness of
the book.