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Review of Jayaramu's Decoding Indian Politics | Girija K S

2026-05-22T04:26:18Z

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Decoding Indian Politics by P S Jayaramu
Writers Choice Publications Pvt Ltd., New Delhi.
ISBN NO 978-93-49389-02-1
No of pages: 260
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This book is a compilation of articles written by Prof. P S Jayaramu, formerly Professor of Political science in Bangalore University. An ardent writer and a scholar of Political science and International relations, Professor Jayaramu has produced many students and has guided scholars, has (…)

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Reading Arundhati Roy Against My Will | Disha

Disha — 2026-05-22T04:26:10Z

For most of my life I have read political writing with a sense of duty rather than desire. I read to stay informed, not to feel changed. The books I encountered often seemed to assume a reader who could absorb weight without needing warmth, and I finished them more knowledgeable, but no more connected to the world they described.
When I picked up the memoir Mother Mary Comes To Me, I expected the same. I did not expect the book to reach the private interior of my reluctance or alter the (…)

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Review of Srinivasulu Karli's Caste, Dominance and Resistance

2026-05-12T16:32:08Z

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Caste, Dominance and Resistance

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Review of Lovejoy, Alice, Tales of Militant Chemistry: The Film Factory in a Century of War | Joris Mercelis

2026-04-22T08:42:35Z

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Tales of Militant Chemistry: The Film Factory in a Century of War
by Alice Lovejoy
University of California Press
2025. Illustrations. 256 pp.
(cloth), ISBN 978-0-520-40293-5
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Reviewed by Joris Mercelis (Heinrich Heine University D

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Review of Leach, Melissa; Fairhead, James, Naturekind: Language, Culture and Power Beyond the Human | Louise Westling

2026-04-10T00:35:03Z

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Naturekind:
Language, Culture and Power Beyond the Human
by Melissa Leach, James Fairhead
Princeton University Press
2025. 272 pp.
(paper) ISBN 978-0-691-27066-1
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Reviewed by Louise Westling (University of Oregon)
Melissa Leach and James Fairhead offer a bold new perspective of

- 2026 / Book Review

Uncovering the Ecologist in Marx: Kohei Saito

K. Sahadevan — 2026-04-10T00:35:00Z

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Marx in the Anthropocene
Towards the Idea of Degrowth Communism
by Kohei Saito, University of Tokyo
Cambridge University Press
15 January 2023 | ISBN: 9781108933544
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Uncovering the Ecologist in Marx: Kohei Saito

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A Reality Check on Operation Sindoor |

M R Narayan Swamy — 2026-03-19T03:27:14Z

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Review of Pataguni's Foreign Policy Decision Making In India | P.S. Jayaramu

P S Jayaramu — 2026-03-19T03:27:04Z

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Foreign Policy Decision Making In India : A Political Psychological Perspective
by S. S. Patagundi
Rawat Publications
2025, Pp 201, Price: Rs 1095
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This above book by Dr. Patagundi, former Professor of Political Science, Karnatak University, Dharwad, is the product of his research as a Senior Fellow of the Indian Council of Sicial Science Research(ICSSR), New Delhi, a few years ago. The book is actually brought out by (…)

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Vincenzo Colaprice. Review of Koivunen, Pia, Performing Peace and Friendship: The World Youth Festivals and Soviet Cultural Diplomacy

2026-03-07T23:10:22Z

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Performing Peace and Friendship: The World Youth Festivals and Soviet Cultural Diplomacy
by Pia Koivunen
De Gruyter Oldenbourg
2023. Illustrations. 303 pp.
(cloth), ISBN 978-3-11-075844-3;
Free (open access), ISBN 978-3-11-076116-0
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Reviewed by Vincenzo Colaprice (University of Turin)
Youth Festivals and Soviet Diplomacy
On December 24, 2025, the World Federation of Democratic Youth (WFDY) issued a call to (…)

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Henk-Jan Dekker. Review of Romero Sommer, Gonzalo, High Voltage: Hydroelectric Development and Political Power in Peru

2026-02-15T09:26:24Z

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High Voltage: Hydroelectric Development and Political Power in Peru
by Gonzalo Romero Sommer
University of Nebraska Press
2025. 298 pp
(cloth), ISBN 978-1-4962-3512-1.
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Reviewed by Henk-Jan Dekker (Bielefeld University)
It is quite common for historical accounts of electrification to focus either on urban or rural electrification. The relationship between the two and the ways urban-rural relationships are defined and reconfigured in the process of (…)

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