In Changing the Subject: Feminist and Queer Politics in Neoliberal India, sociologist Srila Roy proposes taking a fresh look at the issue. True to her title, she wants to “change the subject” by going beyond the co-optation/autonomy bi...
]]>In addition to the introduction and conclusion, the book is organized into six chapters. Chapter 1 is a summ...
]]>The digitalization of governance processes is most visible in cities—partly because information technology infrastructure and services were developed first in large urban centers. However, this phenomenon is not quite new: “e-governance” was already a fashionable term in the early 2000s. Since then, digitalization has expanded and further developed through various new techniques and technologies: simple web portals have given way to platforms and apps that connect residents and local authorities (for instance, for participatory budgeting, grievance redressal, access to citizens’ services and other schemes), CCTV cameras are equipped with facial recognition systems, traffic management systems now use machine learning for predictive regulation, etc. In addition, the pandemic of the years 2020–2022 seems to have accelerated this digitalization, although it is still too early to assess the magnitude of the “Covid effect” in this regard. Urban governance has arguably taken a ...
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