1st Edition
Population and the Political Imagination Census, Register and Citizenship in India
By R.B. Bhagat
Copyright 2022
188 Pages
9 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge India
188 Pages
9 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge India
188 Pages
9 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge India
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This book identifies population as a central issue of polity and examines its links to ideas of state and citizenship. It explores the relationship between the state, citizenship and polity by reexamining processes related to census enumeration, population and citizen registers, and the politics of classificatory governmentality.
Religion, ethnicity, caste and political class play a key role... Read more
Foreword. Preface and Acknowledgements. 1. Population, State and Citizenship: An Introduction 2. The State Craft and Citizenship: Census, NPR and NRC 3. Religious Classification and Governmentality 4. Refugees, Irregular Migrants and Non-Citizens 5. Irregular Migration and NRC: The Assam Experiment 6. Evolution of the Citizenship Act 7. Political Imagination and Citizenship: A Way Forward. Appendices. Index.
Biography
R. B. Bhagat is Professor and Head at the Department of Migration and Urban Studies, International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai, India.
