Depoliticizing injustice
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2159651 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John Harris (0000-0002-4025-5775), John Harriss, Craig Jeffrey (0000-0001-7263-8992) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 507-520 |
| Publication date | 2013-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Economy and Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0308-5147 • E-ISSN: 1469-5766 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/03085147.2013.823322 |
| OpenAlex | W4240797034 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 11 |
Akhil Gupta's book Red Tape is a significant study of bureaucratic practice in India, and of its implications for poor people, based on fieldwork in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh carried out in the early 1990s. The way in which the argument is framed, however, obscures the nature of power in India and neglects altogether the significance of politics. Gupta's central argument that the injustice perpetrated by the state is the outcome of the arbitrariness of bureaucratic action fails to confront the abundant evidence of the significance of caste, class and gender privilege. There is an important sense in which his work depoliticizes the problem of extreme poverty
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| Unique citing works | 7 |
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| Citations per year | 0,64 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2022 (8) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |