Overview

This volume examines some of the most critical issues facing contemporary India. From the changing manifestations of national and state politics to questions of citizenship; from fraught land acquisitions for development to new welfare policies; from gender rights to labour rights, this book brings to the fore the tensions and the innovations that have come to be an integral part of everyday India. The essays in the volume critically address the transformations of the Indian state in the twenty-first century and trace their roots in contemporary history. A timely intervention engaging with urgent concerns, this book will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of politics, especially political economy, South Asian studies, and public policy.

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Author:   Pratick Mallick
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.620kg
ISBN:  

9781138387195

ISBN 10:   1138387193
Pages:   234
Publication Date:   08 December 2025
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction: What is New India and How More Democratic is it? Pratick Mallik Chapter 1 Hindutva and Caste based Reservation: Debate, Discourse and Dilemma Ayan Guha Chapter 2 Women and the Nation in Hindu Nationalism Dr Proma Raychaudhury Chapter 3 Eminent Domain, Development and Land Acquisitions for SEZs in Contemporary India Meenakshi Gogoi Chapter 4 Decoding Modi’s ‘New Welfarism’: Populist rhetoric or substantive empowerment? Ambar Kumar Ghosh Chapter 5 Critical Analysis of the Post-370 Elections in Kashmir Abhinav Pandya Chapter 6 Between Two Giants: The Transformation of the Governance Landscape of Arunachal Pradesh Shubhanginee Singh Chapter 7 Democracy, Identity and Citizenship: Perceptions from India’s Northeast Biplab Debnath & Dipikanta Chakraborty Chapter 8 Politics of Cultural Misrecognitions and the Rise of Identity Consolidations in Post Left West Bengal Suman Nath Chapter 9 Citizenship Amendment Rules, 2024 and the Re-emergence of the Citizenship Conundrum Ayan Guha Chapter 10 Exporting the Democratic Norms: Issues and Contestations in India’s Global and Regional Approaches Biplab Debnath Chapter 11 Positioning Odisha's Neoliberal Transformation within a Historical Framework Suamya Nath

Reviews

‘This volume appears to be a collection of really interesting research on political and social change in post-liberalization India.’ --SURUPA GUPTA, Professor of Political science & International Relations, University of Mary Washington. ‘This is a wide-angled exploration of the democratic improvements, setbacks, and paradoxes that have unfolded in India since the 1991 economic reforms. Such discussions are indispensable for anyone trying to understand India’s long-term political development in its own terms.’ –KATHINKA FRØYSTAD, Professor of Modern South Asian Studies, University of Oslo

‘This volume appears to be a collection of really interesting research on political and social change in post-liberalization India.’ --Surupa Gupta, Professor of Political science & International Relations, University of Mary Washington ‘This is a wide-angled exploration of the democratic improvements, setbacks, and paradoxes that have unfolded in India since the 1991 economic reforms. Such discussions are indispensable for anyone trying to understand India’s long-term political development in its own terms.’ –Kathinka Frøystad, Professor of Modern South Asian Studies, University of Oslo

Author Information

Pratick Mallick is a doctoral candidate at Tata Institute of Social Sciences, India. He is Assistant Professor in Political Science at Acharya Prafulla Chandra College, New Barrackpore, Kolkata, India. His research interests are in social and political anthropology and social economics of the subaltern middle classes of India.

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