Globalization and Democracy: A Theoretical Perspective on Inequality and Citizenship in Contemporary India

November 20, 2009
04:00 PM - 06:00 PM, Room 1636 School of Social Work Building, 1080 S. University Avenue

Host Department: Center for South Asian Studies (CSAS)

Leela Fernandes
Rutgers University


This lecture is part of the Theme Year on State, Space, and Citizenship: Indian Cities in the Global Era, sponsored by the Trehan India Initiative at the University of Michigan.

Further Information

Leela Fernandes is a professor of political science at Rutgers University.  Her research focuses on questions of cultural politics, gender and political economy.  Her books include India’s New Middle Class: Democratic Politics in an Era of Economic Reform (University of Minnesota Press), Producing Workers: The Politics of Gender, Class and Culture in the Calcutta Jute Mills (University of Pennsylvania Press) and Transforming Feminist Practice (A. Lute Books).