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 themes of politics, governance and economy, the text tries to weave them together to provide a coherent discussion on the interplay and interconnectedness of these themes.
From post-partition politics to reorganization of Jammu and Kashmir; from democracy, rural and urban governance down to e-governance; from themes like agrarian economy, industrial policies, planning and development down to the issue of poverty and SDGs, it attempts to address a host of different but related issues central to Jammu and Kashmir.
This volume will be useful to scholars, students and teachers of political science, sociology, governance, economics, and development studies. It will also be an indispensable companion to scholars and general readers interested in India, especially Jammu and Kashmir, as well as for those interested in South Asian studies.
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.
Introduction SECTION I: POLITICS
1. The Place: Formation of the Princely
Order and the Colonial Intervention
2. A New Beginning: Administrative
Transitions and Political Realignments
3. Politics of Accommodation: Status
Within the Union
4. Shaping the Future: Foundation and Working of the
Constituent Assembly
5. From Hegemony to Competition: Changing Nature of
Party System
6. Shifting Paradigms: Evolving Politico-Administrative
Landscape SECTION II: GOVERNANCE
7. Electoral Democracy: Delineating the
Chequered Practice
8. Democratic Decentralization in Rural Context: Progress
and Recent Innovations
9. Urbanization and Urban Governance: Patterns,
Institutions and Interventions
10. Addressing Marginality: Governance and
Development of Tribal Communities
11. Towards Accountable Governance:
Initiatives, Achievements and Challenges SECTION III: ECONOMY
12. Nature of
Economy and Developmental Trajectory: an overview
13. Agrarian Reforms in the
Regional Context: Land-Redistribution Policies from 1948 to 1953
14.
(Re)Legislating Land: Institutional and Policy Shifts
15. Rethinking
Development: Economic Welfarism and Regional Variations
16. From Public to
Private: Industrialization Policy Shifts
17. In Pursuit of SDGs: Progress,
Prospectus and Challenges
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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