Nielsen, Kenneth Bo, Bedi, Heather Plumridge, and Da Silva, Solano

The Goa Requisition and Acquisition of Property Bill, 2017 and the Goa Compensation to the Project Affected Persons and Vesting of Land in the Government Bill, 2017 are the latest additions to the state government’s arsenal of...

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Bedi, Heather Plumridge

Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs) are the pre-project standard for outlining potential environmental and social risks related to large-scale mining. Incomplete or disingenuous EIAs mask the potential social, environmental...

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Oskarsson, Patrik and Bedi, Heather Plumridge

Coal extraction and processing remains at the heart of energy security in India. As ever larger amounts of electricity are produced to support overall economic growth, this creates environmental justice challenges as people in...

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Thieme, Tatiana A., Bedi, Heather Plumridge, and Vira, Bhaskar

The role of corporations in the Global South remains largely understudied in Development Geography, and yet in the last dec­ade, corporate actors increasingly integrate social, environment and development challenges in their...

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Bedi, Heather Plumridge

The politics of knowledge production reveals the exercise of power in societies, with narratives a key means to project national image. This article examines narratives used by Government of India representatives to frame...

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Bedi, Heather Plumridge and Tillin, Louise

Literature on fiscal federalism has long debated whether inter-jurisdictional competition between subnational units encourages a “race to the bottom”, with competition to attract mobile capital leading to lower taxation and...

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Bedi, Heather Plumridge

The context for land resistance in liberalising India is dynamic. As the state promotes capital investment, lines between public and private are blurred. Land is central to these efforts, as new industries, mines, large-scale...

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Da Silva, Solano, Nielsen, Kenneth Bo, and Bedi, Heather Plumridge

This article seeks to understand the role of land use planning in India's neoliberal regime of dispossession. Analyzing the relationship between planning and land dispossession in the state of Goa, we view planning processes...

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Bedi, Heather Plumridge

Solar energy represents a fossil fuel alternative to meet India’s rising energy demand. Large mega-watt solar projects require contiguous land, which is sparse in the South Indian state of Kerala. Drawing from ethnographic...

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Bedi, Heather Plumridge

Energy poverty remains an enduring challenge in Bangladesh, with 41 million people lacking electricity. Foreign states, corporations, and financial institutions have historically shaped the form and terms of the country’s...

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