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Indian Muslims and the Anti-CAA Protests: From Marginalization Towards Exclusion 印度穆斯林与反CAA抗议：从边缘化走向排斥

South Asia Multidisciplinary Academic Journal Pub Date : 2020-12-14 DOI: 10.4000/samaj.6701

Ali Khan Mahmudabad

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Sai Balakrishnan. Shareholder Cities: Land Transformations along Urban Corridors in India 赛·。股东城市:印度城市走廊沿线的土地转型

South Asia Multidisciplinary Academic Journal Pub Date : 2020-10-24 DOI: 10.4000/samaj.6617

Alexander Follmann

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Grappling with Aadhaar: Biometrics, Social Identity and the Indian State 与Aadhaar的斗争:生物识别、社会身份和印度国家

South Asia Multidisciplinary Academic Journal Pub Date : 2020-09-15 DOI: 10.4000/samaj.6279

Silvia Masiero, S. Shakthi

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Crafting “Integrity”: The Implications of Authentication through Unique Identification Databases 制作“完整性”:通过唯一身份数据库进行身份验证的含义

South Asia Multidisciplinary Academic Journal Pub Date : 2020-09-15 DOI: 10.4000/samaj.6414

S. Shakthi

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Chasing Rights in Delhi: Social Movements and the National Food Security Act 在德里追逐权利:社会运动和国家粮食安全法

South Asia Multidisciplinary Academic Journal Pub Date : 2020-09-15 DOI: 10.4000/SAMAJ.6306

Nandini P. Nayak

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引用次数: 1

Information and the Indian State: A Genealogy 信息与印度国家:族谱

South Asia Multidisciplinary Academic Journal Pub Date : 2020-09-15 DOI: 10.4000/SAMAJ.6377

Biswarup Sen

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引用次数: 2

Kenneth Bo Nielsen. Land Dispossession and Everyday Politics in Rural Eastern India 肯尼斯·博·尼尔森。印度东部农村的土地剥夺与日常政治

South Asia Multidisciplinary Academic Journal Pub Date : 2020-06-17 DOI: 10.4000/samaj.6542

Delphine Thivet

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Rob Jenkins and James Manor. Politics and the Right to Work: India's National Rural Employment Guarantee Act Rob Jenkins和James Manor。政治与工作权利:印度国家农村就业保障法

South Asia Multidisciplinary Academic Journal Pub Date : 2020-01-22 DOI: 10.4000/samaj.6262

Himanshu

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Tarangini Sriraman, In Pursuit of Proof: A History of Identification Documents in India Tarangini Sriraman，《寻找证据：印度身份证件史》

South Asia Multidisciplinary Academic Journal Pub Date : 2020-01-01 DOI: 10.4000/samaj.6222

Nicolas Belorgey

引用次数: 10

Livio Boni and Marine Carrin-Bouez, Villes Post-Coloniales en Inde Livio Boni和Marine Carrin Bouez，印度后殖民城市

South Asia Multidisciplinary Academic Journal Pub Date : 2020-01-01 DOI: 10.4000/samaj.6246

Marie–Hélène Zérah

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