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Verfassungsblog @verfassungsblog.de · Jul 3

Inter alia with contributions by LOUISE TILLIN (@louisetillin.bsky.social) on Federalism, by FARRAH AHMED (@farrahahmed.bsky.social) on Citizenship Law, by Saptarshi Mandal (@saptman.bsky.social) on Tech, State & Social Media..

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Verfassungsblog @verfassungsblog.de · Jul 3

Publication day! 💫

Our Verfassungsbook “Indian Constitutionalism at Crossroads: 2014-2024”, edited by ANMOL JAIN (@anmoljain-law.bsky.social) and TANJA HERKLOTZ (@tanjaherklotz.bsky.social) is now available in print and online! 📚

Check it out now! verfassungsblog.de/books/

Cover of the Verfassungsbook "Indian Constitutionalism at Crossroads: 2014-2024".
The Cover is based an map created by Arun Ganesh.

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The India Forum @theindiaforum.bsky.social · Jun 9

'Making India Work' deepens our understanding of how evolving economic policy, federalism, and especially notions of citizenship defined the development of state welfare since 1948.
www.theindiaforum.in/book-reviews...

Worlds of Welfare

An insightful account of the ideas, principles, and political realities that have shaped India’s unique welfare state. 'Making India Work' deepens our understanding of how evolving economic policy, fe...

www.theindiaforum.in

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The India Forum @theindiaforum.bsky.social · Jun 12

Democratisation and the pressures of electoral politics meant that the failure to generate jobs could not be ignored. India’s welfare regimes bore the burden.

Worlds of Welfare

An insightful account of the ideas, principles, and political realities that have shaped India’s unique welfare state. 'Making India Work' deepens our understanding of how evolving economic policy,…

www.theindiaforum.in

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Louise Tillin @louisetillin.bsky.social · Jun 9

“Making India Work is essential reading for scholars and students of welfare states in India and beyond. Above all, this must be read in India by our commentariat who in the court of public opinion have been far too quick to delegitimise essential welfare investments.” Yamini Aiyer reviews MIW

The India Forum @theindiaforum.bsky.social · Jun 9

'Making India Work' deepens our understanding of how evolving economic policy, federalism, and especially notions of citizenship defined the development of state welfare since 1948.
www.theindiaforum.in/book-reviews...

Worlds of Welfare

An insightful account of the ideas, principles, and political realities that have shaped India’s unique welfare state. 'Making India Work' deepens our understanding of how evolving economic policy, fe...

www.theindiaforum.in

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Milan Vaishnav @milanv.bsky.social · Apr 24

This week on #GrandTamasha, @louisetillin.bsky.social joins me to discuss her new book, "Making India Work: The Development of Welfare in a Multi-Level Democracy," which examines the evolution of India's welfare state over the last century grand-tamasha.simplecast.com/episodes/ind...

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Louise Tillin @louisetillin.bsky.social · Apr 23

This week I join @milanv.bsky.social as a guest on one of my fave podcasts - Grand Tamasha - to discuss my new book Making India Work, and the history of welfare in India

grand-tamasha.simplecast.com/episodes/ind...

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India’s Precocious Welfare State | Grand Tamasha

Scholar Louise Tillin joins Milan to share findings from her new book, "Making India Work: The Development of Welfare in a Multi-Level Democracy," an examination into the evolution of India's welfare ...

grand-tamasha.simplecast.com

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Louise Tillin @louisetillin.bsky.social · Mar 24

The South Asia edition of Making India Work: The Development of Welfare in a Multi-level Democracy @CambridgeUP is now available in India and elsewhere in the region for Rs595 in paperback (or Rs1569 kindle). See below or ask in your local book shop!

www.amazon.in/dp/1009668374

Buy Making India Work: The Development of Welfare in a Multi-Level Democracy (South Asia Edition) Book Online at Low Prices in India | Making India Work: The Development of Welfare in a Multi-Level De...

Amazon.in - Buy Making India Work: The Development of Welfare in a Multi-Level Democracy (South Asia Edition) book online at best prices in India on Amazon.in. Read Making India Work: The Development ...

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Louise Tillin @louisetillin.bsky.social · Mar 13

Lovely to finally get my hands on this long-awaited volume edited by Balveer Arora and Mohan Rao. A great set of chapters by a superb group of federalism scholars and public health experts

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Milan Vaishnav @milanv.bsky.social · Mar 9

My latest for @hindustan-times.bsky.social: The dismantling of the American state is well underway. Indians should not be celebrating but sounding the alarm. Above all, they should be bracing for impact. www.hindustantimes.com/opinion/trem...

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King's India Institute @kingsindiainst.bsky.social · Mar 3

Event - Making India Work: The Development of Welfare in a Multi-Level Democracy

Join us on March 19 for Prof @louisetillin.bsky.social's book launch w/ Christophe Jaffrelot, @indrajitroy.bsky.social
& Sheba Tejani

Sign up: www.kcl.ac.uk/events/makin... @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social

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Louise Tillin @louisetillin.bsky.social · Feb 26

On March 19th we will be holding a book launch for Making India Work at King’s. I’ll be in discussion with @indrajitroy.bsky.social, Sheba Tejani and Christophe Jaffrelot. Do come along if you are in London - sign up details 👇

www.kcl.ac.uk/events/makin...

Making India Work: The Development of Welfare in a Multi-Level Democracy

Join us for the launch of Professor Louise Tillin's book.

www.kcl.ac.uk

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Louise Tillin @louisetillin.bsky.social · Feb 14

The US and UK editions of the book are now released with the South Asia edition following shortly. You can order a copy via the CUP website with a 20% discount using the code MIW2024

Louise Tillin @louisetillin.bsky.social · Feb 14

And secondly, the constant dilemma of how to put Indians to work in a context in which economic growth has never produced sufficient employment for a growing workforce

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Louise Tillin @louisetillin.bsky.social · Feb 14

The title points to two intertwined elements that have defined the history of welfare in India - firstly, the idea of welfare and the development of national social security as a component of nation-building (including the regulation of internal economic competition)

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Louise Tillin @louisetillin.bsky.social · Feb 14

It recovers a history that has been rendered marginal in traditional political economy scholarship and yet is crucial for understanding the political landscape of India today

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Louise Tillin @louisetillin.bsky.social · Feb 14

The book examines the history of India's welfare 'state' over the last century, from the early decades of the 20th century when debates about social security for industrial workers took shape to the ascendancy of direct benefits in the early decades of the 21st century

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Louise Tillin @louisetillin.bsky.social · Feb 14

The global edition of my new book, Making India Work: The Development of Welfare in Multi-Level Democracy published by @cambridgeup.bsky.social
and originally supported by
@leverhulme.bsky.social
is now out in the world!

www.cambridge.org/gb/universit...

Making India Work | South Asian history

www.cambridge.org

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Louise Tillin @louisetillin.bsky.social · Feb 13

Even better here is a free access link online.ucpress.edu/as/article/d...

An Incomplete Bargain: Reading Indian Federalism through the Jammu and Kashmir Constituent Assembly

Jammu and Kashmir was the only state in India to write its own constitution and negotiate autonomy provisions in India’s 1950 constitution. This autonomy was enshrined in Article 370, a clause which w...

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Louise Tillin @louisetillin.bsky.social · Feb 13

Literally just posted, 10 mins ago, about a new article on contested notions of sovereignty in Jammu and Kashmir…

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Louise Tillin @louisetillin.bsky.social · Feb 13

Oof

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Louise Tillin @louisetillin.bsky.social · Feb 13

If you don’t have access to Asian Survey and would like a copy of the article please DM me

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Louise Tillin @louisetillin.bsky.social · Feb 13

online.ucpress.edu/as/article-a...

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Louise Tillin @louisetillin.bsky.social · Feb 13

In ‘An Incomplete Bargain’ Dar and I show that the J&K constituent assembly viewed the act of federating with the Indian Union as a limited and conditional pooling of sovereignty, and sought to make Article 370 - the article that until its abrogation in 2019 - governed Kashmir’s autonomous status

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Louise Tillin @louisetillin.bsky.social · Feb 13

In a new article in Asian Survey, Rouf Dar and I explore Indian federalism from the vantage point of Jammu and Kashmir’s Constituent Assembly. J&K was the only Indian state to have its own constituent assembly and yet the deliberations of this body have been strangely overlooked

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