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Conservation and Displacement: A Study of Dampa Tiger Reserve (DTR) Forest in Mizoram, Northeast India (2025)
Thesis
Chakma, S. B. Conservation and Displacement: A Study of Dampa Tiger Reserve (DTR) Forest in Mizoram, Northeast India. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

Conservation projects and displacement are two facets of the relationship between the state and the environment. Conservation projects aim to address the threats to the environment and its biodiversity that are undoubtedly real in contemporary times.... Read More about Conservation and Displacement: A Study of Dampa Tiger Reserve (DTR) Forest in Mizoram, Northeast India.

India's Farmers' Movement and the Agrarian Questions: Authoritarian Populism vs Agrarian Questions (2024)
Book Chapter
Sinha, S. (2024). India's Farmers' Movement and the Agrarian Questions: Authoritarian Populism vs Agrarian Questions. In C. Moliner, & D. Singh (Eds.), The Indian Farmers’ Protest of 2020–2021 Agrarian Crisis, Dissent and Identity (23-36). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003515050-4

India’s farmers’ movement (Kisan Andolan) of 2020–2021 has been the most successful movement against Narendra Modi’s authoritarian populist government since it came to office in 2014, forcing a reversal of the three farm bills that aimed at an accele... Read More about India's Farmers' Movement and the Agrarian Questions: Authoritarian Populism vs Agrarian Questions.

Class Relations in India’s Building Construction: Bihari Migrant Labourers and the Political Apparatus of Surplus Extraction (2024)
Thesis
Maskara, M. Class Relations in India’s Building Construction: Bihari Migrant Labourers and the Political Apparatus of Surplus Extraction. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

The thesis examines class relations, i.e. social relations of organising exploitation in the case of internal migrant labourers in India, in explaining class formation. By incorporating migrant labourers through production relations, such as sub-cont... Read More about Class Relations in India’s Building Construction: Bihari Migrant Labourers and the Political Apparatus of Surplus Extraction.

The Agrarian Question in West Punjab (1885-2020): Market Formations, Rural Differentiation, and Kissan Politics in an Agrarian Colony (2023)
Thesis
Rashid, H. The Agrarian Question in West Punjab (1885-2020): Market Formations, Rural Differentiation, and Kissan Politics in an Agrarian Colony. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

Combining theoretical insights from Marxist agrarian political economy and peasant studies with the practices of agrarian movements, the thesis traces the trajectories of agrarian change and kissan politics in West Punjab from the British-led canal c... Read More about The Agrarian Question in West Punjab (1885-2020): Market Formations, Rural Differentiation, and Kissan Politics in an Agrarian Colony.

Building Co-operation in Farmer Collectives and across ‘Value’ Chains: Institutional Dynamics and Power Relations in Central India (2023)
Thesis
Hadley, P. A. Building Co-operation in Farmer Collectives and across ‘Value’ Chains: Institutional Dynamics and Power Relations in Central India. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

This thesis explores processes of co-operative institution building in rural development in central India, with specific regard to farmer producer companies (FPCs), a form of ‘new generation’ co-operative-company hybrid, as well as the organic cotton... Read More about Building Co-operation in Farmer Collectives and across ‘Value’ Chains: Institutional Dynamics and Power Relations in Central India.

Collective Sustenance and the Environment: A Political Economy Analysis of Tourism in Himachal Pradesh, India (2022)
Thesis
Chakravorty, S. P. Collective Sustenance and the Environment: A Political Economy Analysis of Tourism in Himachal Pradesh, India. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

The Himalayas have long been a source of attraction for people for its resources that have encouraged its use and exploitation by the government since colonial times. The Himalayan terrain has typically been favoured for the tourism industry owing to... Read More about Collective Sustenance and the Environment: A Political Economy Analysis of Tourism in Himachal Pradesh, India.

Strong leaders, authoritarian populism and Indian developmentalism: The Modi Moment in Historical Context (2021)
Journal Article
Sinha, S. (2021). Strong leaders, authoritarian populism and Indian developmentalism: The Modi Moment in Historical Context. Geoforum, 124(1), 320-333. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2021.02.019

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi is part of a worldwide wave of strong ‘populist’ leaders who have emerged in the context of the crisis of neoliberalism, and among whose appeal is their claims to put their economies back on a growth trajectory by... Read More about Strong leaders, authoritarian populism and Indian developmentalism: The Modi Moment in Historical Context.

Does Transitional Justice Build the Rule of Law? : The Role of Domestic Prosecutions (2019)
Thesis
Broome, J. M. Does Transitional Justice Build the Rule of Law? : The Role of Domestic Prosecutions. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

In the aftermath of widespread human rights violations, states may engage in a process of transitional justice in an effort to diffuse conflict, prevent further violence, and promote reconciliation in society. Though transitional justice is a broad t... Read More about Does Transitional Justice Build the Rule of Law? : The Role of Domestic Prosecutions.