Tag Archives: India
Cultivating Democracy in Agrarian India
Cultivating Democracy: Politics and Citizenship in Agrarian India is a new book by Mukulika Banerjee and published by Oxford University Press. It is reviewed for JCA by Kenneth Bo Nielsen of the Department of Social Anthropology at the University of … Continue reading
Issue 5 for 2022 is out
Volume 52, No. 5 is now available electronically at the publisher’s site. This issue includes an obituary, seven research articles, and five book reviews. The obituary marks the passing of Peter Limqueco, long-time co-editor of the journal. The research articles … Continue reading
Fulfilment of Election Pledges in India
“The Fulfilment of Election Pledges in India” (DOI: 10.1080/00472336.2022.2114101) is a new article authored by Pankaj Adhikari of the School of Social Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, Sania Mariam of the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay-Monash Research Academy, and Robert … Continue reading
Tech Worker Unions in India
Rianka Roy of the Department of Sociology, University of Connecticut, USA contributes a new article for JCA. The abstract for “Politics Through Precarity: Tech Workers’ Unions in India During the Covid-19 Pandemic” (DOI: 10.1080/00472336.2022.2110925) states: The Indian technology industry is … Continue reading
Issue 4 for 2022 published
Volume 52, No. 4 is now available electronically at the publisher’s site. This issue includes six research articles and six book reviews. The research articles are: Labour and Electoral Politics in Cambodia by Kristy Ward & Michele Ford Multiple Careers: … Continue reading
Wealth Inequality and Uneven and Combined Development In India
“Closed Loop, Open Borders: Wealth Inequality and Uneven and Combined Development in India” (DOI: 10.1080/ 00472336.2022.2079548) is a new article for JCA by Anthony P. D’Costa of the College of Business, The University of Alabama in Huntsville, Alabama, USA and … Continue reading
Modi’s India
Modi’s India: The Rise of Ethnic Democracy is authored by Christophe Jaffrelot and published by Princeton University Press. It is reviewed for JCA by editorial board member Kenneth Bo Nielsen. The book is said to be “magisterial,” analysing a period … Continue reading
Nehru’s Debates
Nehru: The Debates that Defined India by Tripurdaman Singh and Adeel Hussain, and published in New Delhi by Fourth Estate, is reviewed for JCA by Sharmila Narayana. As the reviewer observes, “No other leader in Indian politics continues to be … Continue reading
The Ruralisation of Labour Regimes in India’s Garments Industries
Despite long delays in the publisher’s production department, JCA does have a new article out this month. The article is “Labour Recruitment Systems in Global Production Networks: The Ruralisation of Labour Regimes in South India’s Garment and Textile Industries” (DOI: … Continue reading
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