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Parliament as a Workplace: Dilemmas of Vernacularisation and Professionalisation by Banerjee, Mouli, Rai, Shirin M.

“…In this article, we engage with recent calls to research parliaments as gendered workplaces, which build on earlier international discursive turn and…”
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Feminists Theorize International Political Economy by Bedford, Kate, Rai, Shirin M.

“…This article introduces the women and international political economy special issue ofSigns, tracing its relationship to the crisis of neoliberalism as they…”
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Political Performance: A Framework for Analysing Democratic Politics by Rai, Shirin M.

“…This article develops a framework to examine the co-constitutive nature of performance and politics and to suggest that such a framework is critical to…”
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SDG 8: Decent work and economic growth – A gendered analysis by Rai, Shirin M., Brown, Benjamin D., Ruwanpura, Kanchana N.

“…•Issues of paid and unpaid social reproductive work need to be aligned to sustain decent work agenda.•Growth indicators for SDG 8 targets neglect the value and…”
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From Depletion to Regeneration: Addressing Structural and Physical Violence in Post-Conflict Economies by Rai, Shirin M, True, Jacqui, Tanyag, Maria

“…Abstract Drawing on depletion through social reproduction and political economy of violence against women (PEVAW) approaches, we show how the context of…”
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Being Cared for in the Context of Crisis: Austerity, COVID-19, and Racialized Politics by Akhter, Shahnaz, Elias, Juanita, Rai, Shirin M

“…Abstract This article presents an investigation into the racialized and gendered dynamics of the intensifying crisis in care for older people in the United…”
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The Good Life and the Bad: Dialectics of Solidarity by Rai, Shirin M

“…Abstract This essay asks four questions about the good life. First, what place has recognition of exclusion in the politics of redistribution? Second, can we…”
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Agency, Injury, and Transgressive Politics in Neoliberal Times by Madhok, Sumi, Rai, Shirin M.

“…Through an analysis of agency and risk, this article argues that an outcome-driven agenda of neoliberal developmentalism treats women’s agency as an instrument…”
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Recognizing the Full Costs of Care? Compensation for Families in South Africa’s Silicosis Class Action by Goldblatt, Beth, Rai, Shirin M

“…This article concerns recognition and compensation of the intimate, gendered work of caring by family members for workers who became ill with lung diseases as…”
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Recasting the Global Political Economy: Counting Women's Unpaid Work by Hoskyns, Catherine, Rai, Shirin M.

“…This article presents and seeks to make visible what could be an alarming scenario. There is, we believe, a widespread and growing depletion of the capacities…”
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The Politics of Access: Narratives of Women MPs in the Indian Parliament by Rai, Shirin M.

“…Based on extensive interviews with Indian women Members of Parliament, this article suggests that analysing subject narratives is an important method to…”
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International Perspectives on Gender and Democratisation

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Political Aesthetics of the Nation: Murals and Statues in the Indian Parliament by Rai, Shirin M.

“…This essay argues that aesthetic approaches to studying politics can allow us to read politics in more nuanced ways. Through the study of murals and statues in…”
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Analysing Ceremony and Ritual in Parliament by Rai, Shirin M.

“…This article explores the importance of ceremony and ritual as a frame within which to examine political institutions such as parliaments. It suggests that…”
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Disruptive democracy: analysing legislative protest by Rai, Shirin M.

“…This introductory article outlines the conceptual approach of this special issue on legislative protest and suggests that this form of protest alerts us to the…”
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Delhi Dispatches Blogs by Parameswaran, Ameet, Rai, Shirin M

“…Starting in February 2016, a protracted struggle has taken place on the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) campus, pitting the students and their faculty…”
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Depletion: THE COST OF SOCIAL REPRODUCTION by Rai, Shirin M., Hoskyns, Catherine, Thomas, Dania

“…In this article we explore the concept of depletion through social reproduction (DSR). We describe depletion, identify its key indicators and suggest different…”
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Legacies of common law: 'crimes of honour' in India and Pakistan by Baxi, Pratiksha, Rai, Shirin M, Ali, Shaheen Sardar

“…Through a comparative analysis of crimes of 'honour' in India and Pakistan and an examination of appellate judgments from the two countries, we reflect upon…”
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The Geographies of Exclusion and the Politics of Inclusion: Race-based Exclusions in the Teaching of International Relations by Chowdhry, Geeta, Rai, Shirin M.

“…In this essay, we argue that race has yet to be integrated as an analytical category shaping the study and teaching of international relations. We suggest that…”
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Afterword: Replenishing Geographical Thinking on Depletion through and of Social Reproduction by Rai, Shirin M.

“…Abstract “Replenishing Geographical Thinking on Depletion through and of Social Reproduction” contributes to the growing interdisciplinary debates on…”
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