Asia
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Does “Feminization U Hypothesis” Hold? A Discussion on Women’s Work Participation in Rural India
CASAS’ member C. R. Yadu has published this paper in Agrarian South: Journal of Political Economy. Abstract: The Nobel Prize in Economics awarded to Claudia Goldin in 2023 has renewed attention on issues of women’s work. In this context, this article critically revisits the debate on the declining participation of women in the rural labor…
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Review of “Circular ecologies: environmentalism and waste politics in Urban China by Amy Zhang”
CASAS’ member Daren Shi-Chi Leung has published this review of the book Circular ecologies: environmentalism and waste politics in Urban China by Amy Zhang in the Journal of Peasant Studies. Abstract: With intellectual rigor and ethnographic richness, Amy Zhang offers her much -anticipated monograph, Circular Ecologies: Environmentalism and Waste Politics in Urban China. In this…
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Who is who in CASAS? Kunal Munjal
Kunal Munjal is a Senior Research Fellow at the Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), Bangalore, and a Ph.D. Scholar in Development Studies at IIT Hyderabad. His research focuses on class relations, rural industrialisation, agricultural commercialisation, and the role of the state, particularly the interactions between agrarian, merchant, and industrial classes. He is a research collaborator with…
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The Blue Revolution: Aquaculture to Augment Farmers’ Income
Raya Das (CASAS’ member) has published with Sanchit Gupta & Ashok Gulati this report in the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER) Report. Abstract: Placing India’s experience in the global context, the report shows that China remains the dominant producer of fisheries, accounting for 39.7 per cent of global production in the…