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M.A. (TISS, Mumbai);

M.Phil., D.Phil. (University of Oxford)

Prof. (Dr.) Swagato Sarkar

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Key Expertise Political Anthropology, Continental Political Theory, Political Economy, micro-political, agrarian studies, resource politics.

M.A. (TISS, Mumbai);

M.Phil., D.Phil. (University of Oxford)

Biography

Prof. (Dr.) Swagato Sarkar is an interdisciplinarian who draws from political theory, sociology, and political economy. He is interested in understanding the state-society relationship in India, politics of land and rural transformation, and theory of power and governance. Swagato obtained his PhD and MPhil from the University of Oxford, UK, and MA from the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai. Swagato is the founding faculty member and former Associate Dean of Jindal School of Government and Public Policy.

“The Unique Identity (UID) Project, Biometrics and Re-imagining Governance in India”, Oxford Development Studies (17 June 2014) DOI:10.1080/13600818.2014.924493

“Contract Farming and the McKinsey’s Plan for Transforming Agriculture into Agribusiness in West Bengal”, (Journal of South Asian Development, December 2014)

‘Between Egalitarianism and Domination: governing differences in a transitional society’ in Ravinder Kaur and Ayo Wahlberg (eds) Identity, Inequity and Inequality in India and China: Governing Difference, Routledge, New York.

“Between Egalitarianism and Domination: Governing Differences in a Transitional Society”, Third World Quarterly, Vol. 33, No. 4, pp. 669-684

“Political Society in a Capitalist World” in Ajay Gudavarthy (ed) Re-framing Democracy and Agency in India: Interrogating Political Society, Anthem Press, London, pp. 31-48

“Populism and the Anna Hazare Event”, Kafila, http://kafila.org/2011/09/01/populism-and-the-anna-hazare-event-swagato-

“The Impossibility of Just Land Acquisition”, Economic and Political Weekly, October 8, Vol xlvi, No. 41, pp.35-38

“Civil Society and Exclusion: Partha Chatterjee on ‘the Politics of the Governed’”, Indian Journal of Human Development, vol. 2. no. 2 (July-December)
Email ssarkar@jgu.edu.in
Key Expertise Political Anthropology, Continental Political Theory, Political Economy, micro-political, agrarian studies, resource politics.
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