| dc.contributor.author | Khera, Reetika | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-06-04T04:38:11Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-06-04T04:38:11Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2018 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Khera, R. (2018). The Aadhaar Debate: Where are the sociologists? Contribution to Indian Sociology, 52(3), 336- 342. doi:https://doi.org/10.1177/0069966718787029 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.issn | 00699667 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11718/23063 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The Aadhaar project which aims to provide all residents in India with a unique identity number requires much more attention from sociologists of India. There are several areas of research where sociologists can help: one, the implications of new technologies of surveillance for (a) privacy and (b) society; two, the repercussions of the desire for social ordering and control and technocratic solutionism for people in their interactions with the state demands fuller sociological study. This brief note attempts to outline some of the issues that call out for enquiry | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Sage Journals | en_US |
| dc.subject | Democracy | en_US |
| dc.subject | Surveillance | en_US |
| dc.subject | Privacy | en_US |
| dc.subject | Digital IDs | en_US |
| dc.subject | Ethnography of the state | en_US |
| dc.title | The Aadhaar debate: Where are the sociologists? | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |
