Maoists and Government Welfare

Suparna Banerjee has a PhD in Political Science from Zentrum für Entwicklungsforschung, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn (Center for Development Research, University of Bonn), Germany. She was a senior research fellow at International Strategic and Security Studies Programme, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore, India. In this position, she worked on Myanmar ethnic conflicts and conducted field work in the country in 2015 during its transition phase. She completed her M.Phil in Foreign Policy Studies from the Institute of Foreign Policy Studies, University of Calcutta during which she wrote her thesis on Iran's Nuclear Programme. She has a Master’s in Sociology from the University of Calcutta and a Bachelor's degree from Presidency College, Kolkata, India. She has been working on conflicts, violence, legitimacy and Maoism for a decade now. She has travelled across India interacting with Maoists, Adivasis and other marginalised groups. Her writings have been published as issue briefs, web articles, as well as journal articles

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1. Introduction

2. The Question of Positionality

3. Conceptualising India’s Legitimacy

4. Reimagining the Political Landscape Through Exclusion

5. Contextualising the Excluded

6. Welfare Responses – Too Little Too Late

7. Conclusion

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