In the parliamentary elections in Punjab, the political leadership across parties employed populist schemes and emotional issues to shape the political perceptions and voting behaviour of the people.

What was once perceived as political exclusion is now being ratified and institutionalised through court decisions, highlighting a disturbing intersection of law and ideology that worsens the ...

The authors thank the anonymous referee for their valuable suggestions which have greatly improved the article. The institutional set-up that is implicit in Arthur Lewis’s model was made explicit by ...

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The complex links between the dynamics of water well-being for sustainable development across different social groups are examined to explain the underlying reasons for inequalities in water ...

Concerns exist that the post-2026 delimitation might adversely affect the representation and resource-sharing of southern Indian states. This apprehension may be unfounded as in-migration would ...

Contrary to the assumption that tribes predominately dwell in rural areas, there is a significant proportion of the tribal population in small towns of North East India. These towns, which are ...

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Air pollution is a serious environmental issue in cities like Beijing (China) and Delhi (India) and the governments in both countries have taken several measures to address it. While the air quality ...

Recent developments in Dalit politics in southern Tamil Nadu have shown that prominent leaders among Devendra Kula Vellalars—such as K Krishnasamy and B John Pandian—have adopted a new political ...

The Crisis of Sanitation and the Right to Citylife by Colin McFarlane (uncorrected page proofs), London and New York: Verso, 2023; pp 310, £19.99.

Algorithms are the new managers that evaluate workers through customer-generated five-star ratings by platforms. This paper studies rating systems used by ride-hailing companies, such as Uber and Ola.