State power and technological citizenship in India: From the postcolonial to the digital age

East Asian Science, Technology and Society

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 65-68

  Abraham, Itty ^a   Rajadhyaksha, Ashish ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b Centre for the Study of Culture and Society   (India)

Author keywords

Aadhaar digital governance; Biopolitics; Citizenship; India; Technological society

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924568091     PISSN: 18752160     EISSN: 18752152     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1215/18752160-2863200     Document Type: Article

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