Governance Interface
The Index in Modi's India
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7984523 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mila Samdub, Mila T Samdub (0000-0001-8826-4550, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 473-493 |
| Publication date | 2022-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Public Culture (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0899-2363 • E-ISSN: 1527-8018 |
| Publisher | Duke University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1215/08992363-9937382 |
| OpenAlex | W4308341318 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 35 |
In Modi's India, a host of indices perform transparency, efficiency, and good governance but leave undeclared the political shifts they are bringing about. Dramatized in real-time dashboards, policy briefs, press reports, and social media posts, these technocratic numbers arbitrarily rank administrative units and place them in a competitive relation with each other within Indian federalism. As technical device, aesthetic projection, and mediating interface, the index is a node in “maximum governance,” an emergent apparatus of governance that renders development as the site of a pernicious combination of centralizing state power and neoliberal entrepreneurship
Centralized government · Corporate governance · Economic system · Economics · Federalism · Management · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Technocracy · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Computer Science · Law · Public Administration · Water Governance and Infrastructure
Rule By Aesthetics
Navigating Austerity
Brand New Nation
Ranking the World
Anti-Politics Machine
Chasing Innovation
The Quiet Power of Indicators
Planning Democracy
Sorting Things Out
Trust in Numbers
Hindutva, Economic Neoliberalism and the Abuse of Economic Statistics in India
One nation,” BJP, and the future of Indian federalism
Minimum Government, Maximum Governance’
Management of Performance and Performance of Management
Give Me a Database and I Will Raise the Nation-State
Knowing and governing cities through urban indicators, city benchmarking and real-time dashboards
Governtrepreneurism” for good governance
Governing India in Cybertime
The Power of Ranking
Digital ID capitalism
Accepting difference, seeking common ground
Counting, Control and Calculation
Extrastatecraft
The politics of large numbers
MarketizingHindutva
Everybody Loves a Good Drought
Internet X-Ray
The Politics and Poetics of Infrastructure
Measuring the World
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |