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Intersections and Transformations: Polity, Governance, and Economy in Jammu and Kashmir book cover

1st Edition

Intersections and Transformations Polity, Governance, and Economy in Jammu and Kashmir

Edited By Aijaz Ashraf Wani, Muzamil Yaqoob, Javaid Iqbal Khan Copyright 2026
394 Pages 17 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

394 Pages 17 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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The volume brings together diverse perspectives on polity, governance reforms and socio-economic transformations in the region. This volume marks one of the first comprehensive academic engagements to highlight the aspects of politics, governance and economy that shape modern Jammu and Kashmir. While a multi-disciplinary approach is followed to bring out the complexities involved in the varied... Read more

Introduction

 Aijaz Ashraf Wani, Muzamil Yaqoob, and  Javaid Iqbal Khan

SECTION I: POLITICS

1.     The Place: Formation of the Princely Order and the Colonial Intervention

Suhail Ur Rehman and Aijaz Ashraf Wani

2.     A New Beginning: Administrative Transitions and Political Realignments

Muzamil Yaqoob and Tahir Mohiuddin Badana

3.     Politics of Accommodation: Status Within the Union

Farooq Ahmad Waza

4.     Shaping the Future: Foundation and Working of the Constituent Assembly

Rouf Ahmad Dar

5.     From Hegemony to Competition: Changing Nature of Party System

Javid Ahmad Ahanger

6.     Shifting Paradigms: Evolving Politico-Administrative Landscape

Muzamil Yaqoob

 

SECTION II: GOVERNANCE

7.     Electoral Democracy: Delineating the Chequered Practice

Shazia Majid and Waseem Ahmad Bhat

8.     Democratic Decentralization in Rural Context: Progress and Recent Innovations

Yasir Ahmad and Aijaz Ashraf Wani

9.     Urbanization and Urban Governance: Patterns, Institutions and Interventions

Aijaz Ashraf Wani, Imran Ahmad Khan and Tabzeer Yaseen

10.  Addressing Marginality: Governance and Development of Tribal Communities

Zubair Nazeer

11.  Towards Accountable Governance: Initiatives, Achievements and Challenges

Touqeer Nazir Sheikh

 

SECTION III: ECONOMY

12.  Nature of Economy and Developmental Trajectory: an overview

Javaid Iqbal Khan, Saeed Owais Mushtaq and Rizma Riyaz

13.  Agrarian Reforms in the Regional Context: Land-Redistribution Policies from 1948 to 1953

Javeed-ul-Aziz

14.  (Re)Legislating Land: Institutional and Policy Shifts

Rutba Peerzada and Muhammad Mutahhar Amin

15.  Rethinking Development: Economic Welfarism and Regional Variations

Saeed Owais Mushtaq and Dr Javaid Iqbal Khan

16.  From Public to Private: Industrialization Policy Shifts

Mehak Majeed

17.   In Pursuit of SDGs: Progress, Prospectus and Challenges

Javaid Iqbal Khan, Insha Tariq and Aijaz Ahmad Bhat

 

Biography

Aijaz Ashraf Wani is a Professor at the Department of Political Science, University of Kashmir. He is the author of What Happened to Governance in Kashmir? (Oxford University Press, 2019) and co-editor of Democracy in South Asia, (Routledge, 2025), and Government and Politics of Jammu and Kashmir: From Princely State to Union Territory (Sage, 2022).

Muzamil Yaqoob is a doctoral candidate at the School of Public Policy, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi. A graduate from Jawaharlal Nehru University, he has worked at Lokniti-CSDS and Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, Delhi.

Javaid Iqbal Khan is an Associate Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Kashmir. His academic expertise spans Applied microeconomics, Development Studies, Institutional Economics, and the Economy of Jammu and Kashmir, with over 15 years of teaching, research and policy engagement.

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