Smriti Upadhyay
Biographic Data
| ID | 279086 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Smriti Upadhyay |
| GIVEN NAMES | Smriti |
| FAMILY NAME | Upadhyay |
| SIGNATURE | UPADHYAY S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Johns Hopkins University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8501-0501 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Dissent of the saffronized subaltern
How do we understand dissent of subordinate groups on the right? This paper explores this question through an analysis of the farmer’s wing of India’s Hindu nationalist movement, the Bharatiya Kisan Sangh (BKS) in the western Indian state of Gujarat. Building on scholarship that investigates the political economy in the current moment of Hindu nationalist rule, I focus on the tensions that emerge when shared associational linkages within the Hind…
Toward a Political Sociology of Dispossession
Land dispossession is a major source of protest in many countries. This article asks, How common are cases of mobilization against land dispossession relative to cases of nonmobilization? Why do we see protests against land dispossession for some projects and not others? These questions are taken up in the context of India, a major global hotspot for land dispossession protest. Using a database of all major capital projects in the country, the ar…
Workers and the Right Wing
Why and how does a right-wing social movement mobilize workers along class lines? The Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS), the labor wing of the Hindu nationalist movement in India, marshals working-class support by emphasizing workers’ class positions and identities . Following Gramsci, I argue that the BMS represents the Hindu right's recognition of workers’ class power and is thus key to the Hindu Right's efforts to incorporate workers into hegemoni…
Toward a Political Sociology of Dispossession
Land dispossession is a major source of protest in many countries. This article asks, How common are cases of mobilization against land dispossession relative to cases of nonmobilization? Why do we see protests against land dispossession for some projects and not others? These questions are taken up in the context of India, a major global hotspot for land dispossession protest. Using a database of all major capital projects in the country, the ar…
Workers and the Right Wing
Why and how does a right-wing social movement mobilize workers along class lines? The Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS), the labor wing of the Hindu nationalist movement in India, marshals working-class support by emphasizing workers’ class positions and identities . Following Gramsci, I argue that the BMS represents the Hindu right's recognition of workers’ class power and is thus key to the Hindu Right's efforts to incorporate workers into hegemoni…
Workers and the Right Wing
Why and how does a right-wing social movement mobilize workers along class lines? The Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS), the labor wing of the Hindu nationalist movement in India, marshals working-class support by emphasizing workers’ class positions and identities . Following Gramsci, I argue that the BMS represents the Hindu right's recognition of workers’ class power and is thus key to the Hindu Right's efforts to incorporate workers into hegemoni…
Toward a Political Sociology of Dispossession
Land dispossession is a major source of protest in many countries. This article asks, How common are cases of mobilization against land dispossession relative to cases of nonmobilization? Why do we see protests against land dispossession for some projects and not others? These questions are taken up in the context of India, a major global hotspot for land dispossession protest. Using a database of all major capital projects in the country, the ar…
Dissent of the saffronized subaltern
How do we understand dissent of subordinate groups on the right? This paper explores this question through an analysis of the farmer’s wing of India’s Hindu nationalist movement, the Bharatiya Kisan Sangh (BKS) in the western Indian state of Gujarat. Building on scholarship that investigates the political economy in the current moment of Hindu nationalist rule, I focus on the tensions that emerge when shared associational linkages within the Hind…
Politics (3 works) · Hegemony (2 works) · Hindu nationalism (2 works) · Hinduism (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Nationalism (2 works) · Political economy (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Social science (2 works)