Civility in Crisis: Democracy, Equality and the Majoritarian Challenge in India edited by Suryakant Waghmore and Hugo Gorringe, New Delhi: Routledge, 2021; pp 190, $48.95.
Book Reviews
Book Reviews
Industrialisation for Employment and Growth in India: Lessons from Small Firm Clusters and Beyond edited by R Nagaraj, New Delhi: Cambridge University Press, 2021; p 260, ` 950 (hardback).
A Strategic Myth: ‘Underdevelopment’ in Jammu and Kashmir by Sehar Iqbal, New Delhi: Tulika Books, 2021; pp 200, ` 595.
Revolution in Reform: Trade-Unionism in Lahore, c 1920–1970 by Ahmad Azhar, New Delhi: Orient Blackswan, 2019; pp xiv + 248, ` 795 (hardcover).
Beyond Consumption: India’s New Middle Class in the Neo-Liberal Times edited by Manish K Jha and Pushpendra, London: Routledge, 2022; pp xviii + 205, ` 995.
In Defence of the Ordinary: Everyday Awakenings by Dev Nath Pathak, New Delhi: Bloomsbury, 2021; pp xxvi + 249, ` 1,299.
An Empire of Touch: Women’s Political Labor and the Fabrication of East Bengal by Poulomi Saha, New York: Columbia Asia Press, 2019; pp 319, ` 699, (paperback).
Who Is a Muslim? Orientalism and Literary Populisms by Maryam Wasif Khan, Hyderabad: Orient BlackSwan, 2021; pp x + 257, ` 995 (hardcover).
International Toleration: A Theory by Pietro Maffettone, London: Routledge, 2020; pp xiv+176, `695.
Pagrhi Sambhal Lehar to Samyukt Kisan Morcha: A Century of Punjab Kisan Struggle 1907–2021 by Ronki Ram, Chandigarh: Unistar, 2022; pp 129, ` 595.
Holy Science: The Biopolitics of Hindu Nationalism by Banu Subramaniam, University of Washington Press, Orient Blackswan, 2019; pp xv + 290, $95, ` 945 (hardcover).
Wild and Wilful by Neha Sinha, Noida: HarperCollins Publishers, 2021; pp 232, ` 599 .
Governing Locally: Institutions, Policies and Implementation in Indian Cities by Babu Jacob and Suraj Jacob , Cambridge, New York, Melbourne, New Delhi and Singapore: Cambridge University Press, 2021...
Making a Muslim: Reading Publics and Contesting Identities in Nineteenth Century North India by S Akbar Zaidi, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2021; pp 269, `950 (hardback).
The Social Construction of Capabilities in a Tamil Village by L N Venkataraman, Hyderabad:Orient BlackSwan, 2021; pp 190, `595.
