Rita Brara Mukhopadhyay

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Rita Brara Mukhopadhyay
NationalityIndian
Alma mater University of Delhi
Occupation(s)sociologist, professor, author, editor
Notable workShifting Landscapes: The Making and Remaking of Village Commons in India (2006 book)

Rita Brara is an Indian sociologist, professor, author, and the editor of the academic journal Contributions to Indian Sociology.

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She is the author of the 2006 book Shifting Landscapes: The Making and Remaking of Village Commons in India.

Education

Brara has a 1990 PhD from the University of Delhi. Her thesis was Kinship in a Princely State: A Study of Malerkotla, India (1890-1990).[ citation needed ]

Career

She has taught in the University of Delhi. [1] She is currently a visiting professor/fellow at the Institute of Economic Growth in Delhi, and Ashoka University in Sonepat. [2] [3] Brara is the editor, and previously was the co-editor, of the journal Contributions to Indian Sociology . [4]

She is the author of the 2006 book Shifting Landscapes: The Making and Remaking of Village Commons in India (ISBN 9780195673012). [5] [6]

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References

  1. "Rita Brara - Delhi University" (PDF). www.du.ac.in/. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
  2. "Senior Visiting Fellows - IEG". Institute of Economic Growth (https://iegindia.org/). Retrieved 2 February 2023.{{cite web}}: External link in |website= (help)
  3. "Ashoka University - Rita Brara". Ashoka University. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
  4. "Contributions to Indian Sociology - Editorial Board". Contributions to Indian Sociology (SAGE website). Retrieved 2 February 2023.
  5. Routray, Sailen (May 2007). "Book Review of Shifting Landscapes: The Making and Remaking of Village commons in India by Rita Brara, New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2006". Contemporary Sociology: A Journal of Reviews. 36 (3): 263–264. doi:10.1177/009430610703600335. S2CID   143882664.
  6. "Book reviews". Contributions to Indian Sociology. 41 (2): 257–283. May 2007. doi:10.1177/006996670704100206. ISSN   0069-9667. S2CID   220849009.
  7. Reviews for Shifting Landscapes: The Making and Remaking of Village Commons in India