Population and the Political Imagination

This book identifies population as a central issue of polity and examines its links to ideas of state and citizenship. It explores the relationship between the state, citizenship and polity by reexamining processes related to census enumeration, population and citizen registers, and the politics of classificatory governmentality.

Auteur

R. B. Bhagat is Professor and Head at the Department of Migration and Urban Studies, International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai, India.

Contenu

Foreword. Preface and Acknowledgements. 1. Population, State and Citizenship: An Introduction 2. The State Craft and Citizenship: Census, NPR and NRC 3. Religious Classification and Governmentality 4. Refugees, Irregular Migrants and Non-Citizens 5. Irregular Migration and NRC: The Assam Experiment 6. Evolution of the Citizenship Act 7. Political Imagination and Citizenship: A Way Forward. Appendices. Index.