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Citizens around the world look to the state for social welfare provision, but often struggle to access essential services in health, education, and social secur

This volume presents a comparative exploration of Dalit autobiographical writing from India and of Latin American testimonio as subaltern voices from two region

Governance by regulation – rules propounded and enforced by bureaucracies – is taking a growing share of the sum total of governance. Once thought to be an