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Amiya Kumar Das

Amiya Kumar Das is an associate professor at the Department of Sociology and coordinator of the Centre for Public Policy and Governance at Tezpur University, Assam. His research interests include Governance and Development, Sociology of Health, and Illness. Some of his recent publications include Investigating Developmentalism: Notions of Development in the Social Sphere (co-edited, 2019), Neighbourhoods in Urban India: In Between Home and the City (co-edited, 2021), Indigeneity, Citizenship and the State: Perspectives from India’s Northeast (co-edited, 2021). He is also interested in sustainable farming and is a collaborator in the Feeding City Lab project at the University of Toronto.
Grassroots Democracy and Governance in India

Grassroots Democracy and Governance in India

This book approaches grassroots governance and democracy from a sociological perspective, focusing on the interaction between the community and the State.  It explores the interrelationship between state, governance and community and demonstrates the performativity aspects of both political actors and citizens in various elections in India.

Grassroots Democracy and Governance in India

This book approaches grassroots governance and democracy from a sociological perspective, focusing on the interaction between the community and the State.  It explores the interrelationship between state, governance and community and demonstrates the performativity aspects of both political actors and citizens in various elections in India.

Grassroots Democracy and Governance in India

Grassroots Democracy and Governance in India

This book approaches grassroots governance and democracy from a sociological perspective, focusing on the interaction between the community and the State.  It explores the interrelationship between state, governance and community and demonstrates the performativity aspects of both political actors and citizens in various elections in India.