Nikhil Deb, CASAS’ member, has published a book review in Contemporary Sociology. Abstract: In this book, Manisha Anantharaman scrutinizes consumer–driven environmentalism embraced by the affluent classes and elucidates how this variant of environmentalism falls short in effecting essential transformations, instead contributing to the marginalization, condescension, and stigmatization of the underprivileged and their environmental advocacy. To…
Sandeepan Tripathy, CASAS’ member, has published an article in Contemporary South Asia. Abstract: Many economic and historical accounts mention the forms of capitalism in Surat. The paper argues that while capitalism has always been central to examining Surat, existing literature mainly focuses on the owners of capital and the relationships among them. The notions of…
Nikhil Deb, CASAS’ member, has published this book chapter in the Encyclopedia of Technological Hazards and Disasters in the Social Sciences, edited by Duane A. Gill , Liesel A. Ritchie & Nnenia M. Campbell. Abstract: A noxious white cloud from a Union Carbide Corporation (UCC) pesticide plant in Bhopal, India, floated over nearby shanty towns…
CASAS’ member, C.R. Yadu, has published this article in Forum for Social Economics with Sahil Mehra. Abstract: The narrative of structural transformation, based on the experience of global North, posits that the process of development involves gradual ‘modernisation’ of the overall structure of the economy, where the traditional/low-productivity sectors give way to and support the…
New publication alert! Raouf Ahmad Peerzada and Amrita Sharma, CASAS’ members, have recently published an article in the Journal Human Geography with their colleagues Achintya Anita Gurumurthy, and Amulya Anita Gurumurthy. Abstract: Analyzing the trope of “light but tight” education frequently used in India’s New Education Policy 2020, this paper examines the mutually reinforcing ideological…