Sage Publications, Inc. (Books and Journals)
12558 results for Sage Publications, Inc. (Books and Journals)
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Book review: S. Narayan, The Dravidian Years: Politics and Welfare in Tamil Nadu
S. Narayan, The Dravidian Years: Politics and Welfare in Tamil Nadu. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2018, 262 pp., ₹550 (Hardcopy).
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Promotion of Medical Tourism in India: A Discussion Paper
Medical tourism has been a rising service industry across the world for the last two decades. This paper outlines the theoretical perspective that governs the study of medical tourism, analyses the development of the sector in India and puts forth suggestions on how to promote further growth of medical tourism in the country. The paper proposes that the observed clustering of medical facilities...
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Book review: Nilmadhab Mohanty, Political Economy of Mining in India
Nilmadhab Mohanty, Political Economy of Mining in India. New Delhi: Har-Anand Publications Pvt Ltd, 2017, 240 pp., ₹695 (Hardcover).
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Book review: Abhishek Choudhary, Vajpayee: The Ascent of the Hindu Right 1924–1977
Abhishek Choudhary, Vajpayee: The Ascent of the Hindu Right 1924–1977. Pune: Picador, 2023, 432 pp., ₹899.
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Environmental Governance at Crossroads: Civil Society’s Fight Against Industrial Pollution in Kathua Industrial Area, Jammu and Kashmir
As a key stakeholder within the domain of environmental governance, civil society influences the actions and outcomes of regulatory mechanisms and organisations, in addition to the state, market and communities. The research article attempts to understand the influence civil society exerts in addressing the environmental concerns of three village panchayats in Kathua district, Jammu and Kashmir,...
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A Traumatic Relationship: The United States and Indonesia–Russian Relationship
Indonesia’s insistence on refusing to directly condemn Russia’s unprovoked aggression in Ukraine raised a lot of eyebrows. Some scholars attributed this to the long history of Indonesia–Russia relationship, which is dated even before the formal establishment of Soviet–Indonesia relations, when the Soviet Union brought ‘the Indonesian Question’ before the Security Council in 1946 and helped...
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Book review: Uddipana Goswami, Conflict and Reconciliation: Politics of Ethnicity in Assam
Uddipana Goswami, Conflict and Reconciliation: Politics of Ethnicity in Assam. India: Routledge, 2014, 223 pp., ₹695, ISBN 978-0-415-71113-5.
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An Analysis of Article 356 in Coalition Era of Indian Politics
Article 356 of the Indian Constitution has often been subjected to the partisan use by the successive Central governments since 1950. However, the shift from a single-party majority government to a multi-party coalition governments in national politics since early 1990s has largely influenced the scope and intent of invoking this Article. The coalition government’s survival with the backing of...
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Social Impact of Corporate Social Responsibility: A Case Study of Selected Public Sector Undertakings
This study analyses the social impact of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) spending undertaken by the major Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) in India. An attempt has been made to measure the social impact of CSR spending on selected PSUs by taking suitable proxies. A comparative study of the social impact of the selected PSUs with respect to CSR spending has been made by four-quadrant...
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CSR Activity as a Measure of Efficiency in Central Public Sector Enterprises
A large majority of Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSE) have been in existence for more than six decades and might soon complete a century of existence. They may soon qualify to be called as companies ‘Built to Last’. Notwithstanding the clamouring for ‘privatisation’ and the frequent interference by the government in matters solely concerning the management, the large majority of CPSEs...
- Covid-19 Vaccination: An Attitude Analysis of Global Users of Social Media Towards Government Communication
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Jammu and Kashmir on the Path of Empowering Grassroots Democracy
The de-operationalisation of Article 370 has given a new lease of life to grassroots democracy in the erstwhile State of Jammu and Kashmir. The Union government has made it clear that the main priority is to strengthen grassroots democracy there. At present, the erstwhile State which was once battered by militancy, insurgency as well economic and political instability has embarked on the path of...
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Book review: Arkotong Longkumer, The Greater India Experiment: Hindutva and the Northeast
Arkotong Longkumer, The Greater India Experiment: Hindutva and the Northeast. Delhi: Navayana, 2022, 336 pp., ₹599.
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Navigating Pakistan’s Religious, Social and Political Fault Lines in the 1980s: Contemporary Trends and Relevance
How do sociopolitical developments in the 1980s endure in contemporary Pakistan? The article answers this question across three dimensions: first, the religious, as witnessed in General Zia-ul-Haq’s weaponization of blasphemy laws that shaped the rise of a majoritarian political actor in the shape of the Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) in 2017. Second, the social, with Zia-ul-Haq’s Islamization...
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Indic Education in Pre-Colonial India
School education in pre-colonial India was universal and inclusive. Children of every caste and class, at an average age of 5 years, attended schools. The elementary school teaching consisted of three universal subjects: akshara (script) gyan, bhasha (language) gyan and arithmetic. The fourth subject varied from regions to regions: it was moral–civic education to skill education. The education...
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Exploring the Performance of and the Citizens’ Trust in Local Government Institutions (LGIs) at the Grassroots: Views from Bangladesh
Considering the dearth of research on the performance of and the citizen’s trust in local government institutions (LGIs) in Bangladesh, this study focuses on Union Parishad (UP)—the lowest tier of LGIs at grassroots. By combining both quantitative and qualitative methods of investigation, primary data through questionnaire survey among service recipients and through key informants’ interviews...
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Book review: Ronojoy Sen, House of the People: Parliament and the Making of Indian Democracy
Ronojoy Sen, House of the People: Parliament and the Making of Indian Democracy. New Delhi: Cambridge University Press, 2022, 311 pp., ₹1,295
- The Politics of the Status Quo in Sri Lanka
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Beyond Militarisation: Japan’s Path to Civilian Power
This article examines Japan’s evolution as a civilian power from 2012 to 2023, highlighting continuities and changes. In a nutshell, a civilian power prioritises cooperative international relations over unilateral action and military force. Using a qualitative content analysis of Japanese Ministry of Defence white papers, we base our analysis on three key categories to examine civilian power...
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Religiosity, Space-making, Exclusion: ‘Kanwar Yatra’ Celebrations in a North Indian City
Through an ethnographic study of Kanwar Yatra celebrations in a north Indian city, this article seeks to highlight the changing notions of public religiosity and mass celebrations in contemporary India. This article will first show how the festival of Kanwar Yatra is invested with diverse forms of religious performance and carnivalesque celebrations. In itself, these celebrations especially...
- Book review: K. B. Saxena (Ed.), Private Sector Participation in Public Services: Health
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Book review: Elizabeth C. Economy, The World According to China
Elizabeth C. Economy, The World According to China>. Cambridge: Polity Press, 2022, 304 pp. (hardback). ISBN: 9781509537495
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- Cracking the Code: An Audit of Government Offices of North Goa for Compliance on Prevention of Sexual Harassment Act 2013
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Cyber Shadows over Nuclear Peace: Understanding and Mitigating Digital Threats to Global Security
This article examines the intersection of cyber warfare and nuclear security, emphasising the significance of addressing the emerging threats to nuclear facilities from cyberattacks. The article highlights a gap in the international security architecture: the absence of an international regime for nuclear cybersecurity. This deficiency challenges the Non-Proliferation Treaty regime, threatening...
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Book review: Lisa Mitchell, Hailing the State: Indian Democracy Between Elections
Lisa Mitchell, Hailing the State: Indian Democracy Between Elections. Ranikhet: Permanent Black and Ashoka University, 2023. 320 pp. ₹695.
- The Archives as a Source of Social History: Studying Belonging of the Indian–Chinese Community
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China’s ‘Liquid’ Warfighting Shift and Its Implications for Possible Future Conflict
Some suggest that remote, precision strike warfare is a Western phenomenon motivated by aversion to high troop casualties among democratic leaders subject to re-election. Others contend that it is the result of a global transition in the way of modern war towards ‘liquid warfare’, centred around the disruption of adversary networks in the increasingly integrated and high-tech battlespace. This...