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Empirical and analytical subaltern space?: ashrams, brothels and trafficking in colonial Delhi (2016)
Journal Article
Legg, S. (in press). Empirical and analytical subaltern space?: ashrams, brothels and trafficking in colonial Delhi. Cultural Studies, 30, https://doi.org/10.1080/09502386.2016.1168113

In this paper, I will engage with Gayatri Spivak’s writings on the figure of the subaltern, focusing on a recurrent tension in her writings, and in readings of them. The tension is between two seemingly contradictory definitions of the subaltern. One... Read More about Empirical and analytical subaltern space?: ashrams, brothels and trafficking in colonial Delhi.

Dyarchy: democracy, autocracy and the scalar sovereignty of interwar India (2016)
Journal Article
Legg, S. (2016). Dyarchy: democracy, autocracy and the scalar sovereignty of interwar India. Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East, 36(1), https://doi.org/10.1215/1089201x-3482111

The 1919 Government of India Act instituted sweeping constitutional reforms that were inspired by the concept of “dyarchy”. This innovation in constitutional history devolved powers to the provinces and then divided these roles of government into res... Read More about Dyarchy: democracy, autocracy and the scalar sovereignty of interwar India.

Introduction: Constitutionalism and the Evolution of Democracy in India (2016)
Journal Article
Newbigin, E., Shani, O., & Legg, S. (2016). Introduction: Constitutionalism and the Evolution of Democracy in India. Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East, 36(1), 42-43. https://doi.org/10.1215/1089201x-3482099

© 2016 by Duke University Press. The essays in this special section make a significant intervention into debates about the evolution of democracy in South Asia by prompting us to rethink the role of constitutionalism in this process. They focus on th... Read More about Introduction: Constitutionalism and the Evolution of Democracy in India.

Subject to truth: before and after governmentality in Foucault’s 1970s (2016)
Journal Article
Legg, S. (2016). Subject to truth: before and after governmentality in Foucault’s 1970s. Environment and Planning D: Society and Space, 34(5), https://doi.org/10.1177/0263775816633474

In this paper I situate Foucault’s governmentality analytics between his first lecture course (On the Will to Know, 1970-71) and his first course after his two “governmentality” lectures (On the Government of the Living, 1979-80). The lectures are in... Read More about Subject to truth: before and after governmentality in Foucault’s 1970s.