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Food and Nutrition Systems in Urban India Towards Disentitlement

Food and Nutrition Systems in Urban India Towards Disentitlement

This book explores identity-mediated dynamics of food and nutrition entitlement in urban India analysing concerns around equity access to food and public health. The issues of disentitlement and identity dynamics when it comes to nutrition and health are more intricate in the urban context due to a greater population and cultural diversity. While in the global north urban food planning is increasingly dependent on local government in developing countries urban nutrition is yet to be considered a serious policy issue. This book with a disaggregated analysis for urban India and an in-depth case study of Mumbai examines how malnutrition in India is becoming an urban challenge. It discusses how far caste religion and migratory identities serve as a source of deprivation and analyses the role of local governance particularly municipal governance and urban planning in facilitating the disentitlement. It also offers suggestions for the global south to reverse the stark inequality in its urban centres and address nutrition challenges by developing their own sustainable and resilient food systems. This book is an essential read for scholars and researchers of public health nutrition urban sociology urban planning development studies political sociology public policy and political studies. | Food and Nutrition Systems in Urban India Towards Disentitlement

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Becoming Assamese Colonialism and New Subjectivities in Northeast India

Becoming Assamese Colonialism and New Subjectivities in Northeast India

This book explores the making of colonial Northeast India and offers a new perspective to the study of the Assamese identity in the nineteenth century as a distinctly nineteenth-century cultural phenomenon not confined to linguistic parameters alone. It studies crucial markers of the self � history customs food dress new religious beliefs � an | Becoming Assamese Colonialism and New Subjectivities in Northeast India

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Environmental Issues and Challenges

Environmental Issues and Challenges

This book explores the field of environmental studies emphasizing its multidisciplinary nature. It looks at the fundamentals of environmental conservation and the management of sensitive ecosystems. The book provides an overview of the basic concepts used to understand and study diverse ecosystems and their functions as well as the progressively larger yet mutually inclusive units such as the landscape and the biome. It examines the challenges towards preserving biodiversity which is under severe threat due to climate change exploitation of natural resources pollution and man-made disasters. Besides outlining the causes and effects the authors outline control mechanisms to keep pollution within safe limits and offer suggestions for resolving issues such as wildlife poaching and trade water and air pollution deforestation and biodiversity loss through policy changes. This book will be of interest to the students researchers teachers of environmental studies environmental science sociology political science and public administration. This book will also be useful to environmentalists wildlife conservationists and policy makers. | Environmental Issues and Challenges

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Violence and Non-Violence across Time History Religion and Culture

Violence and Non-Violence across Time History Religion and Culture

This book probes the complex interweaving across time and cultures of violence and non-violence from the perspective of the present. One of the first of its kind it offers a comprehensive examination of the interpenetration of violence and non-violence as much in human nature as in human institutions with reference to different continents cultures and religions over centuries. It points to the present paradox that even as violence of unprecedented lethality threatens the very survival of humankind non-violence increasingly appears as an unlikely feasible alternative. The essays presented here cover a wide cultural–temporal spectrum — from Vedic sacrifice early Jewish–Christian polemics the Crusades and medieval Japan to contemporary times. They explore aspects of the violence–non-violence dialectic in a coherent frame of analysis across themes such as war jihad death salvation religious and philosophical traditions including Buddhism Christianity Judaism Hinduism Islam mysticism monism and Neoplatonism texts such as Ramayana Mahabharata and Quran as well as issues faced by Dalits and ethical imperatives for clinical trials among others. Offering thematic width and analytical depth to the treatment of the subject the contributors bring their disciplinary expertise and cultural insights ranging from the historical to sociological theological philosophical and metaphysical as well as their sensitive erudition to deepening an understanding of a grave issue. The book will be useful to scholars and researchers of history peace and conflict studies political science political thought and cultural studies as well as those working on issues of violence and non-violence. | Violence and Non-Violence across Time History Religion and Culture

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Globalization and Urban Culture in Dhaka

Globalization and Urban Culture in Dhaka

This book examines globalization and urban cultures in Dhaka the capital of Bangladesh from a socio-cultural view. It focuses on the evolving nature of urbanity in the city due to globalization and the global flow of information while framing the changing patterns of everyday cultures and practices. The volume explores key linkages and factors in urban transformation; the history and heritage of Old Dhaka; globalization diverse urban cultures and ethnic spaces; changes in food habits clothing health practices and recreation; changing forms of festivals marriages and religious practices; the situation of indigenous people in Old Dhaka; and the roles that need to be played by NGOs civil society and the local government. With its rich ethnographic case studies and field-based evidence it discusses the relations between technology-driven economic activities and increasing cultural homogenization. It traces developments induced by cultural globalization and includes contemporary debates along with comparisons of Asian and global perspectives. This book will be a useful resource for scholars and researchers of urban studies city studies urban sociology social anthropology cultural anthropology political sociology development studies South Asian studies and cultural studies and to those interested in Bangladesh. | Globalization and Urban Culture in Dhaka

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ASEAN-India Development and Cooperation Report 2015

ASEAN-India Development and Cooperation Report 2015

India‘s engagement with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is at the heart of its Look East Policy. As a regional bloc ASEAN has developed much faster than any of the other blocs in the Asia-Pacific. With ASEAN and India working towards establishing a Comprehensive Free Trade Area through Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (RCEP) their cooperation will be key to promoting economic stability competitiveness growth and integration in the region. This Report: provides a comparative analysis of the global and regional economies; examines the impact and implications of India ASEAN integration; assesses policy priorities effectiveness implementation imperatives and challenges; and discusses themes central to the economic sustainability of the region including public and foreign policy trade facilitation financial and scientific cooperation food security energy cooperation and productivity and opportunities in the manufacturing and service sectors. It will be invaluable to scholars and researchers of economics international relations development studies area studies as well as policy-makers administrators private sector professionals and non-governmental organisations in the field. | ASEAN-India Development and Cooperation Report 2015

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Undernutrition and Public Policy in India Investing in the future

Undernutrition and Public Policy in India Investing in the future

Despite substantial economic growth India has one of the highest undernutrition rates in the world; it is home to almost 40 per cent of the world’s stunted children. This volume assesses the status and causes of undernutrition in the country and examines the effectiveness of policies designed to address undernutrition. The essays tackle wide-ranging themes and challenging issues including nutrition; water sanitation and hygiene (WASH); maternal neonatal and child health; Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS); Public Distribution System (PDS); crop procurement; and National Food Security Act 2013. With contributions from leading academic researchers policymakers as well as civil society representatives this volume will be indispensable to scholars teachers and students of public policy development economics development sociology and Indian economy. It will also be useful to government institutions think tanks and NGOs. | Undernutrition and Public Policy in India Investing in the future

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Concise History of Indian Economy Perspectives on Economy and International Relations 1600s to 2020s

Concise History of Indian Economy Perspectives on Economy and International Relations 1600s to 2020s

This book presents a concise economic history of India from 1600 to the mobile economy of the twenty-first century. It examines political events social history and economic developments across the world through the years to showcase how India has navigated its economic past present and future and shaped events that for years controlled the Indian economy. This volume covers a range of important themes which include: Medieval fiscal systems and the European surge in India The impact of the British Industrial Revolution on India; English interventionism and policies; the imperialistic economy and its impact Indian economy and nationalist movement in the nineteenth and early-twentieth century; the Great Depression and its global consequences Gandhiism and ‘mass nationalism’; Independence and Partition; the impact of the World Wars; the inter-war economy; the rise of the dollar and other key global trends The Cold War and India Constitutional remedies nation-building and industrial policies; food security the Green Revolution and the power politics of 1970s Liberalization privatization and globalization in the 1990s; and The economy of war and peace India–China relations and current trends in political economy The book offers a lucid and insightful narrative of how the economy unfolded in India. It will interest readers of Indian history economic history and South Asian history and other general readers. | Concise History of Indian Economy Perspectives on Economy and International Relations 1600s to 2020s

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Mauritian Hinduism and Globalisation Transformation and Reinvention

Mauritian Hinduism and Globalisation Transformation and Reinvention

This book presents an original and comprehensive overview of the transformation of Mauritian Hinduism against the backdrop of globalisation. It discusses themes such as the cult of Baharia Puja; the cult of “Camp De Masque”; changes in popular cults; temples and associative strategies of social integration; emergence of Hanuman; ritual innovations in politics and religious and political transformation due to globalisation to highlight the link between the reinvention of Hinduism and Mauritian capitalism. The first of its kind this book with its rich ethnographic accounts will be an essential read for scholars and researchers of religion Hinduism social anthropology sociology cultural studies diaspora studies sociology of religion and African studies. | Mauritian Hinduism and Globalisation Transformation and Reinvention

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Science and Scientification in South Asia and Europe

Science and Scientification in South Asia and Europe

This volume critically examines the role of science in the humanities and social sciences. It studies how cultures and societies in South Asia and Europe underwent a transformation with the adoption or adaptation of scientific methods turning ancient cultural processes and phenomena into an enhanced scientific structure. The chapters in this book Discuss the development of science as a method in modern and historical contexts and the differences between modern science scientification and pseudoscience. Study the interactions between bodies of knowledge such as Sanskrit and computer science; mathematics and Vedic mathematics; science and philosophy. Drawing on textual material extensive fieldwork and in-depth interviews this book will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of philosophy Indology history linguistics history and philosophy of science and social science. | Science and Scientification in South Asia and Europe

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Education and Empowerment in India Policies and practices

Education and Empowerment in India Policies and practices

This book explores the critical linkages between education and empowerment of women marginalized groups and other disadvantaged sections of society. It: Provides an overview of educational policies and practices from India’s independence to the present day and tracks relevant changes and amendments. Examines a range of issues connected with education such as the Right to Education Act; empowerment and community mobilization; higher education challenges and other emerging topics. Brings together both theoretical postulates and empirical findings. | Education and Empowerment in India Policies and practices

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Macroeconomics and Markets in Developing and Emerging Economies

Macroeconomics and Markets in Developing and Emerging Economies

The book presents and further develops basic principles and concepts in international finance and open economy macroeconomics to make them more relevant for emerging and developing economies (EDEs). The volume emphasises the necessity of greater knowledge of context as populous Asian economies integrate with world markets as well as the rapidly changing nature of the area due to rethinking after the global financial crisis. It addresses a host of themes including key issues such as exchange rate economics macroeconomic policy in an open economy analytical frameworks for and experience of EDEs after liberalisation the international financial system currency and financial crises continuing risks and regulatory response. This book will be useful to scholars and researchers of economics especially in macroeconomics business and finance and development studies. | Macroeconomics and Markets in Developing and Emerging Economies

GBP 39.99
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Colonialism and Resistance Society and State in Manipur

Colonialism and Resistance Society and State in Manipur

Part of the ‘Transition in Northeastern India’ series this volume critically explores how Northeast India especially Manipuri society responded to colonial rule. It studies the interplay between colonialism and resistance to provide an alternative understanding of colonialism on the one hand and society and state formation on the other. Challenging dominant histories of the area the essays provide significant insights into understanding colonialism and its multiple effects on economy polity culture and faith system. It examines hitherto untouched areas in the study of Northeast and discusses how social movements are augmented constituted or sustained. This book will be of great interest to researchers and scholars of modern history sociology and social anthropology particularly those concerned with Northeast India. | Colonialism and Resistance Society and State in Manipur

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Brands and Branding Strategy to Build and Nurture Brands

Brands and Branding Strategy to Build and Nurture Brands

This volume examines the importance of strategic brand imaging and brand management. It covers the fundamentals of launching growing leveraging and managing brands in a global context the strategic decisions related to brand building and the integration of the 4Ps in implementing the brand strategy. The book presents a practical perspective on building brands through social media and using artificial intelligence technologies. Readers will get a clear introductory understanding about the role of consumer behavior the research methods that every brand manager must be familiar with brand architecture portfolio brand equity and valuation. Branding requires vision to foresee logic to understand the market and the art of understanding consumers. This book is a guide for readers and professionals who are interested in all aspects of branding and brand building. It will also be useful for scholars and students of Marketing Advertising and Brand Management Business Studies Business Communication Media and Journalism and Public Relations and for marketing professionals. It will help them understand fundamentals and practical application of brand management. | Brands and Branding Strategy to Build and Nurture Brands

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Spaces and Places in Western India Formations and Delineations

Spaces and Places in Western India Formations and Delineations

This book studies places and spaces in Western India both as geographical locations and as imagined constructs. It uncovers the rich history of the region from the perspective of places of pilgrimage commerce community expression and indigeneity. The volume examines how spaces are intrinsically connected to the lived experiences of people. It explores how spaces in Western India have been constructed over time and how these are reflected in both historical and contemporary settings – in the art architecture political movements and in identity formation. The rich examples explored in this volume include sites of Bhakti and Sufi literature Maharashtrian-Sikh identity Mahanubhav pilgrimage monetary practices of the Peshwas and the internet as an emancipatory space for the Dalit youth in Maharashtra. The chapters in this book establish and affirm the forever evolving cultural topography of Western India. Taking a multidimensional approach this book widens the scope of academic discussions on the theme of space and place. It will be useful for scholars and researchers of history cultural studies geography the humanities city studies and sociology. | Spaces and Places in Western India Formations and Delineations

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Digital India and the Poor Policy Technology and Society

Digital India and the Poor Policy Technology and Society

Digital India and The Poor examines how the poor are evoked in contemporary Indian political discourse. It studies the ways in which the disadvantaged are accounted for in the increasingly digitised political economy commercial and public policy media and academic research. This book: Interrogates the category of the poor in India and how they have come to be classified in economic and policy documents over the past few decades Explores the influential digital education technology ‘experiments’ conducted in Indian slums from the late 1990s now popularly known as the ‘hole-in-the-wall experiments’ Discusses financial inclusion initiatives predominantly as they converged between 2014 and 2017 such as the Jan Dhan Yojana the Aadhaar Project and the banknote demonetisation Presents an in-depth study of the bearing of technology on domestic employment in India The book will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of South Asian studies politics political science and sociology technology studies linguistics and development studies. | Digital India and the Poor Policy Technology and Society

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Indian Ocean and Maritime Security Competition Cooperation and Threat

Indian Ocean and Maritime Security Competition Cooperation and Threat

This book provides a synoptic view of the Indian Ocean and maritime security in its contested waters. Using a historical approach it reveals vital links to events in the present day. The volume: Highlights the competition between major Asian powers to control the ‘String of Pearls’ — a reference to the Chinese attempts at controlling the Indian Ocean periphery. Shows that cooperation amongst the major powers of the region could abate the threat of the potential of conflict becoming global and inviting external intervention. Discusses India’s Look-East policy and the deepening relation between India and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). Argues for the need of Indian Ocean states and particularly the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) members of the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) to look afresh at their political and security issues and common interests. Suggests measures for evolving a robust mechanism of maintaining the Indian Ocean as a sustainable zone of commerce energy security and peace rather than threat. A major contribution on a critical area in Asian geopolitics this volume will be useful to scholars and researchers of international relations politics defence studies and maritime security studies along with strategic affairs experts and think tanks. | Indian Ocean and Maritime Security Competition Cooperation and Threat

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The Belt and Road Initiative Geopolitical and Geoeconomic Aspects

The Belt and Road Initiative Geopolitical and Geoeconomic Aspects

This book studies the geopolitical and geoeconomic aspects of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). It argues that the BRI has the potential to redesign the spatial and territorial dimensions of governance and effectively counterbalance the hitherto predominant hegemonies of the Anglo-American sea power. The volume: Highlights the main geopolitical patterns including geographical economic financial technological and strategic factors guiding the BRI on a global scale Presents a historical account of the development of the Silk Road and underlines its contemporary relevance Traces China’s growing inf luence from Eurasia to America Discusses how the Initiative is likely to transform international relations by the middle of the 21st century. A comprehensive guide to China’s rise as the new centre of gravity in global geopolitics the book will be indispensable for students of political studies geopolitics international relations and foreign policy. It will also be useful for policymakers strategic investors think tanks and government officials. | The Belt and Road Initiative Geopolitical and Geoeconomic Aspects

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Gandhi and Liberalism Satyagraha and the Conquest of Evil

Gandhi and Liberalism Satyagraha and the Conquest of Evil

One of the main themes running through Gandhi’s life and work was the battle against evil. This book offers a fascinating reconstruction of Gandhi and the doctrine of Ahimsa or non-violence. Gandhi’s moral perfectionism is contrasted with other forms of perfectionism but the book stresses that Gandhi also offered a doctrine of the second best. Following Gandhi the author argues that outward violence with compassion is intrinsically not as good as non-violence with compassion but it is a second best that is sometimes a necessary evil in an imperfect world. The book provides an illuminating analysis of coercion non-co-operation civil disobedience and necessary evil comparing Gandhi’s ideas with that of some of the leading western moral legal and political philosophers. Further some of his important ideas are shown to have relevance for the working of the Indian Constitution. This book will be essential for scholars and researchers in moral legal and political philosophy Gandhi studies political science and South Asian studies. | Gandhi and Liberalism Satyagraha and the Conquest of Evil

GBP 42.99
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Gender Violence and Governmentality Legal and Policy Initiatives in India

Gender Violence and Governmentality Legal and Policy Initiatives in India

This book critically examines gender-based violence in India and interrogates the legal and policy discourse surrounding it. It discusses various forms of violence faced by women such as sex selective abortion trafficking rape domestic violence as well as the violence faced by female sex workers and transgenders in India. It draws on in-depth interviews and case studies to highlight the socio-economic conditions of the survivors who find themselves forced to contend with legal and policy framework that is inadequate to deal with these issues. The author analyses the major laws against violence and the policies introduced to ameliorate the condition of survivors in order to understand the potential and challenges of these initiatives from a postmodern and feminist perspective. The book also addresses the survivors’ realisation of agency and resistance which is seen to be expressed both sporadically and on day-to-day basis. An important and timely contribution this book will be indispensable to students and researchers of gender and sexuality feminism minority studies sociology and social policy politics law human rights and South Asian studies. It will also be of interest to policymakers government agencies think tanks and NGOs working in the area. | Gender Violence and Governmentality Legal and Policy Initiatives in India

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Gender Environment and Sustainable Development Challenges and Responses from India

Gender Environment and Sustainable Development Challenges and Responses from India

This book studies environment and sustainable development from the perspective of gender. It focuses on three major themes including sustainability of development practices policy perspectives on environmental management and climate change and its gendered impact. It includes contributions from academicians working across disciplines and practitioners working at the grassroots levels. The book addresses issues facing India amid a growing global environmental crisis and suggests policy measures for environmental protection and to improve the quality of life of its inhabitants. Lucid and topical the volume will be an indispensable resource for students researchers of gender environment and sustainable development sociology and public policy. It will also be a great resource for advocacy groups non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and policymakers working in the area. | Gender Environment and Sustainable Development Challenges and Responses from India

GBP 130.00
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Literature and the War on Terror Nation Democracy and Liberalisation

Literature and the War on Terror Nation Democracy and Liberalisation

This book examines cultural imaginations post 9/11. It explores the idea of a religious community and its multifaceted representations in literature and popular culture. The essays in the volume focus on the role of literature film music television shows and other cultural forms in opening up spaces for complex reflections on identities and cultures and how they enable us to rethink the ‘trauma of familiarity’ post-traumatic heterotopias religious extremism and the idea of the ‘neighbour’ in post-9/11 literary and cultural imagination. The volume also probes the intersections of religion popular media televised simulacrum and digital martyrdom in the wake of 9/11. It also probes the simulation of new- age media images with reference to the creation and dissemination of ‘martyrs’ the languages of grief religionisation of terrorism islamophobia religious stereotypes and the reading of comics in writing the terror. An essential read the book reclaims and reinterprets the alternative to a Eurocentric/Americentric understanding of cultural and geopolitical structures of global designs. It will be of great interest to researchers of literature and cultural studies media studies politics film studies and South Asian studies. | Literature and the War on Terror Nation Democracy and Liberalisation

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Maoist Insurgency State and People Overlooked Issues and Unaddressed Grievances

Maoist Insurgency State and People Overlooked Issues and Unaddressed Grievances

This book critically studies descriptive normative and ethical aspects of violence to understand the Maoist conflict in India. It studies important but often overlooked issues such as reasons for youth participation in insurgency the reality and the rhetoric of the urban Maoism debate rights and entitlements of the local communities and their interactions with the Maoist conflict and issues of governance and development. The volume: examines the origins of Maoist insurgency why it continues the factions counterinsurgency impact of violence on education and other development indicators investigates how a conflict with an alternative idea of democracy violently clashes with an established democratic Indian state deals with the critical aspects of the Maoist movement in India and the status of Urban Maoism or Urban Naxal evaluates state responses to the movement and its impact on the economic status of affected communities discusses the gender dimension of armed conflict through a feminist lens and explores how women navigate through varied socio-cultural and gender norms while participating in the conflict Studying a wide range of critical issues this volume will be of interest particularly to scholars of political science development studies public administration security studies peace and conflict studies and human rights. | Maoist Insurgency State and People Overlooked Issues and Unaddressed Grievances

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Higher Education and Professional Ethics Roles and Responsibilities of Teachers

Higher Education and Professional Ethics Roles and Responsibilities of Teachers

This book discusses the significance relevance and usefulness of professional ethics in the context of higher education. It highlights the pivotal role of professional ethics in offering teachers a better understanding of their responsibilities duties rights and institutional obligations as they work to provide quality education. The volume investigates the connection between the adoption of professional ethics by individual faculty members in higher education and the development of work cultures in higher educational institutions. It explores the requisite modifications of the Teachers’ Code of Ethics in relation to the usage of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in teaching–learning platforms. While examining the validity reliability and application of professional ethics in the higher education sector the book also illustrates the application of codes of ethics to resolve conflicting interests and commitments. This book will be useful to scholars and researchers in higher education the philosophy of education applied ethics public policy and the social sciences. | Higher Education and Professional Ethics Roles and Responsibilities of Teachers

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Population and the Political Imagination Census Register and Citizenship in India

Population and the Political Imagination Census Register and Citizenship in India

This book identifies population as a central issue of polity and examines its links to ideas of state and citizenship. It explores the relationship between the state citizenship and polity by reexamining processes related to census enumeration population and citizen registers and the politics of classificatory governmentality. Religion ethnicity caste and political class play a key role in determining community identities and the relationship between an individual and the state. Contextualizing the arguments and controversies around the Citizenship (Amendment) Act 2019 (CAA 2019) and the National Register of Citizens (NRC) the book examines the processes of inclusion or exclusion of minorities and migrants as citizens in India. It focusses on the classification of irregular and refugee migration since independence in India especially in the state of Assam. The book highlights how political imagination as a theoretical framework shapes the processes and strategies for enumeration and classification and thereby the idea of citizenship. Underlining the relationship between instruments of government political mobilization and the resurgence of communal polarization it also offers suggestions for alternative constructions of citizenship and an inclusive state. This book will be useful for students and researchers of population studies population geography migration studies sociology political science social anthropology law and journalism. It will also be of interest to policy makers journalists as well as NGOs and CSOs. | Population and the Political Imagination Census Register and Citizenship in India

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