Anamika Ajay
Biographic Data
| ID | 4169301 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Anamika Ajay |
| GIVEN NAMES | Anamika |
| FAMILY NAME | Ajay |
| SIGNATURE | AJAY A |
| AFFILIATIONS | M. S. Swaminathan Research Foundation, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7767-1211 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Towards Gender and Social Equity in Agroecological Practices
Agroecology (AE) has been widely advanced as an alternative scientific paradigm, a socio-environmental movement and a set of farming practices for mitigating the ecological, social and economic harms associated with chemical-intensive, commercial agriculture. In India, AE has been institutionalised through an array of government schemes, non-governmental interventions and farmer-led initiatives to reduce dependence on external chemical inputs, re…
Debt, Discipline and Gender in Twenty-First Century Kerala
Examining the gendered nature of debt among economically vulnerable families in twenty-first-century Kerala, the article critically examines the new economic relationship forged between the state and lower-middle-class women in Kerala in the 2000s, based on low-interest self-help loans at a time when social reproduction called for greater resources for poor families. We treat Kerala as a special case in which the state appears as the mediator, as…
Tiding over socio-ecological vulnerabilities
Transnational Labour Migration and the Renegotiation of Masculinity by Left-Behind Men in Kerala
This article explores an understudied aspect of women’s transnational labour migration, namely how left-behind men negotiate the changes in their status in the domestic and public spheres when their daughters or wives migrate for work and become primary earners in the family. A case study of Syrian Christians in a village in Central Kerala with a long history of women’s transnational labour migration demonstrates how left-behind men refashion the…
Differentiation of femininities in contemporary Kerala
This article explores a largely understudied aspect of women’s transnational labour migration: how localised frameworks of feminine ideals and subjectivities interact with women’s migration. It is based on a mixed-methods field research conducted in 2016 in a village in Central Kerala with a long history of women’s labour migration. Analyses revealed the emergence of five local categories of feminine subjectivities: the dutiful daughters, young e…
Engendering Political Labour
Literature on Indian politics has largely under-examined the role of the family in shaping party politics with the exception of the studies on dynasticism. There is a paucity of research that looks at the complex ways in which intimate lives and party politics are intertwined. This article contributes to the existing feminist analyses of Indian party politics by conceptualizing politics and political labour in a way that does not exclude the role…
Revisiting the Urban Electoral Processes
With increasing urbanization in India, citizens’ expectations and demands regarding the quality of democratic institutions are likely to increase. Consequently, democratic institutions are under pressure to evaluate and improve the quality of services. One of the key institutions that determine the future of urban India is the electoral system and its processes. Given this context, this study attempts to discuss the two key electoral processes: r…
Transnational Labour Migration and the Renegotiation of Masculinity by Left-Behind Men in Kerala
This article explores an understudied aspect of women’s transnational labour migration, namely how left-behind men negotiate the changes in their status in the domestic and public spheres when their daughters or wives migrate for work and become primary earners in the family. A case study of Syrian Christians in a village in Central Kerala with a long history of women’s transnational labour migration demonstrates how left-behind men refashion the…
Revisiting the Urban Electoral Processes
With increasing urbanization in India, citizens’ expectations and demands regarding the quality of democratic institutions are likely to increase. Consequently, democratic institutions are under pressure to evaluate and improve the quality of services. One of the key institutions that determine the future of urban India is the electoral system and its processes. Given this context, this study attempts to discuss the two key electoral processes: r…
Engendering Political Labour
Literature on Indian politics has largely under-examined the role of the family in shaping party politics with the exception of the studies on dynasticism. There is a paucity of research that looks at the complex ways in which intimate lives and party politics are intertwined. This article contributes to the existing feminist analyses of Indian party politics by conceptualizing politics and political labour in a way that does not exclude the role…
Differentiation of femininities in contemporary Kerala
This article explores a largely understudied aspect of women’s transnational labour migration: how localised frameworks of feminine ideals and subjectivities interact with women’s migration. It is based on a mixed-methods field research conducted in 2016 in a village in Central Kerala with a long history of women’s labour migration. Analyses revealed the emergence of five local categories of feminine subjectivities: the dutiful daughters, young e…
Tiding over socio-ecological vulnerabilities
Transnational Labour Migration and the Renegotiation of Masculinity by Left-Behind Men in Kerala
This article explores an understudied aspect of women’s transnational labour migration, namely how left-behind men negotiate the changes in their status in the domestic and public spheres when their daughters or wives migrate for work and become primary earners in the family. A case study of Syrian Christians in a village in Central Kerala with a long history of women’s transnational labour migration demonstrates how left-behind men refashion the…
Towards Gender and Social Equity in Agroecological Practices
Agroecology (AE) has been widely advanced as an alternative scientific paradigm, a socio-environmental movement and a set of farming practices for mitigating the ecological, social and economic harms associated with chemical-intensive, commercial agriculture. In India, AE has been institutionalised through an array of government schemes, non-governmental interventions and farmer-led initiatives to reduce dependence on external chemical inputs, re…
Debt, Discipline and Gender in Twenty-First Century Kerala
Examining the gendered nature of debt among economically vulnerable families in twenty-first-century Kerala, the article critically examines the new economic relationship forged between the state and lower-middle-class women in Kerala in the 2000s, based on low-interest self-help loans at a time when social reproduction called for greater resources for poor families. We treat Kerala as a special case in which the state appears as the mediator, as…
Sociology (5 works) · Political science (4 works) · Social and Economic Development in India (4 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Business (2 works) · Caste (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Law (2 works)