Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. A Note on Transliteration and Spelling ix
5. Glossary xi
6. 1. Religion and Reason: A New Institutionalist Perspective 1
7. Part I. Institutional Change and Stability
8. 2. Religion and Change: Oxford and the Madrasas of South Asia 19
9. 3. Explaining the Stickiness: State-Madrasa Engagement In South Asia 42
10. 4. Organization of Religious Hierarchy: Competition or Cooperation? 66
11. Part II. Determinants of Demand for Informal Institutions
12. 5. Formation of a Preference: Why Join a Madrasa? 97
13. 6. Logic of Adaptive Preference: Islam and Western Feminism 125
14. Part III: Informal Institutions and Collective Outcomes
15. 7. The Missing Free-Rider: Religious Rewards 155
16. 8. Exclusionary Institutional Preference: The Logic of Jihad 176
17. 9. Informal Institutions and Development 204
18. Appendix: Research Methodology 223
19. References 233
20. Index 245