Introduction
Section I - Unusual Sites of Governance
Chapter 1 How Elections Govern
Chapter 2 Governing the Pandemic
Section II - Impossible of the Postcolonial
Chapter 3 Impossible Bodies
Chapter 4 Circular Journeys
Section III - Postcolonial Acts
Chapter 5 Negotiating Borders
Chapter 6 Citizenship Acts
Biography
Dr. Samir Kumar Das is professor of political science at the University of Calcutta, India. He specializes in and writes on issues of ethnicity, identity, security, migration, rights and justice. Some of his publications include Migrations, Identities and Democratic Practices in India (Routledge), Governing India’s Northeast: Essays on Insurgency, Development and the Culture of Peace (Springer) and Peace in India’s Northeast: The Role of Civil Society (East-West Center) amongst others.
