Narendra Modi’s India shows us how authoritarian forms of statesmanship are highly compatible with neoliberal efforts to protect markets and global capitalism from "disruptive noise".
The manifold techniques and technologies deployed for repression, control and domination have long been a staple interest for political ecologists and scholars of agrarian change. As the noted theorist of global capitalism William I. Robinson, releases his latest book The Global Police State, there is reason to pay attention.
This blog disseminates activities and research rendering visible ideas, conflicts, frictions and movements taking place in so-called “rural areas” of the world. The blog is produced by the research group Rural transformations in the new century. Read more about our blog here.
