The field of development studies owes a great debt to Amartya Sen. This paper reviews the
strengths and weaknesses of Sen's account of 'development as freedom'. It considers how …

Why do some ethnic parties succeed in attracting the support of their target ethnic group
while others fail? In a world in which ethnic parties flourish in both established and emerging …

Why do poor people often vote against their material interests? This puzzle has been
famously studied within wealthy Western democracies, yet the fact that the poor voter …

This book analyses the problem of the increasing political exclusion of ethnic, caste and
gender groups in democratic Nepal and discusses its consequences for democracy and the …

How can inequalities between groups be addressed, while at the same time sustaining
common citizenship? Debating Difference offers a new approach to this key question for …

How do societies negotiate the apparently competing agendas of environmental protection
and social justice? Why do some countries perform much better than others on this front …

Air pollution is a vexing problem for emerging countries that strike a delicate balance
between environmental protection, health, and energy for growth. We examine these …

A critical examination of the transnational discourse of indigeneity in the context of adivasi or
indigenous peoples' political struggles in India contrasts two Indian indigenous political …

One of the only ethnographic studies of Dalit women, this book gives a rich account of
individual Dalit women's lives and documents a rise in patriarchy in the community. The …

This lively collection of essays by Ashutosh Varshney analyses the deepening of Indian
democracy since 1947 and the challenges this has created. It examines concerns ranging …