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Project member Christine Lutringer‘s recent book chapter explores state-society relations and subnational responses to the COVID-19 crisis in India. By examining the intersection of governance and welfare, Lutringer reveals the shifts and tensions in state-society relations that have been induced by the pandemic. The chapter argues that not only the policy response of the central government in Delhi but also the narratives and discourses of the pandemic intrinsically relate to the ways in which “welfare” has been constructed in India.

“Recasting Welfare Politics in India at the Time of COVID-19” by Christine Lutringer (2023) is published in Milanetti, Giorgio, Miranda, Marina and Morbiducci, Marina (eds.) The COVID-19 Pandemic in Asia and Africa. Societal Implications, Narratives on Media, Political Issues. Volume II – Society and Institutions. The book is published by Sapienza Università Editrice and is available as Open Access.

This recent book by project member Deval Desai explores the concept of ‘expert ignorance’, whereby ideas about the ‘rule of law’ remain undefined and are indeed kept underdetermined by structures of expertise. This, in turn, regulates their ability to travel beyond their context, for example, in their application in the Global South. Desai’s interdisciplinary approach spans legal theory, development practice, global economic governance and sociology to demonstrate “the enduring power of proclaiming what one does not know.”

Expert Ignorance is published by Cambridge University Press as part of the Cambridge Studies in Transnational Law series, and is available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.