To stop train pull chain’
Writing histories of contemporary political practice
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8961804 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Laura Mitchell (0000-0001-6111-1984, University of Pennsylvania, corresponding author), Lisa Mitchell (Department of South Asia Studies University of Pennsylvania) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 48 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 469-495 |
| Publication date | 2011-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Indian Economic & Social History Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0019-4646 • E-ISSN: 0973-0893 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/001946461104800401 |
| OpenAlex | W1978124097 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 10 |
Many political practices in India are today regarded as disruptive, extralegal, violent or otherwise detrimental to India’s democratic record, yet at the same time they have functioned in the past and continue to function as widespread forms of political communication. This article argues that such practices—often associated with those in positions of structural marginalisation—are as deserving of analysis and understanding as forms and sites of communication more conventionally associated with the history of democracy, such as the coffee houses and forms of print media associated with the bourgeois public sphere in Europe or practices associated with elections. Using the very common practice of alarm chain pulling to stop a train for political purposes as a specific example, the article also argues that it is important to place contemporary forms of political practice into their longer historical genealogies in order to fully understand their significance within the history and practice of democracy in India today
Bourgeoisie · Democracy · Economics · Function (biology · Order (exchange · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Public sphere · Sociology · Hong Kong and Taiwan Politics · Law · Populism, Right-Wing Movements · Social Media and Politics
| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,62 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2024 (12) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |