Publications
Published on: Apr 18, 2007
Below is a list of occasional papers, reports and essays. Please click on the title to read or browse a publication.
- For a Cultural Politics of Natural Resources
This collection of essays, published in a special issue of Economic and Political Weekly, make a case for the study of natural resources through the lens of cultural politics. These essays were initially presented at a conference organized by the Social Science Research Council on "Resources: Conceptions and Contestations" in Kathmandu, Nepal, January 2003. The issue, Volume 29, No. 48 (Nov. 29-Dec. 5), is available online, and includes articles from Amita Baviskar, David Gilmartin, Michael Watts, Tania Li, David Ludden, Lyla Mehta, Steve Rayner, Simon Dalby, Michael Thompson, and Anna Tsing. - Whose Bomb is it Anyway? Public opinion and perceptions about Nuclear Weapons and Policy in the Post-Explosions Phase in Pakistan, Dr. Haider K. Nizamani
Findings and analysis from a recent survey conducted in Pakistan assessing public opinion and support for Pakistan's nuclear weapons program. Survey findings reflect the shades of public opinions and attitudes about Pakistan's security. The survey questions deal with perceptual, command and control, current and future role of nuclear weapons as means of policy, probability of accidental use, and the possibility and scenarios where Pakistanis could support deliberate use of nukes. (PDF Formatted, Adobe Acrobat) - Social Science Research Capacity in South Asia , Partha Chatterjee
Commissioned by the Social Science Research Council, this report analyzes the existing capacity for social science research in Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, and provides a forward looking assessment of the potentional and needs in those countries. (PDF Formatted, Adobe Acrobat) - The Dismal State of Social Sciences in Pakistan, Akbar Zaidi
This paper attempts to explain and understand the dismal condition of the social sciences and social science research in Pakistan. It establishes some encompassing parameters which help explain why things are the way they are.
- Social Science Research Capacity in South India, M.S.S. Pandian
This article maps and examines institutional resources available for social science higher learning and research in south India. This article appeared in Economic and Political Weekly, August 31, 2002. - Social Science Research Capacity in South Asia: Some Questions for Discussions, Satish Deshpande
A note on the issue of broad significance that need to be thought about and discussed in the larger community of social scientists in south Asia. - Social Science Research in Nepal, Krishna Hachhethu
This article provides a retrospective look at the evolution of soical sciences in Nepal, review of research in government, university and private research institutions, and suggestions for changes that should be made.
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