Louise Tillin
@louisetillin.bsky.social
Politics Prof at King's College London. NEW! 'Making India Work: The Development of Welfare in a Multi-Level Democracy' (Cambridge UP, 2025). Prev books include Indian Federalism (OUP 2019), Politics of Poverty Reduction in India (Orient Blackswan 2020)
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Finally @olliheath.bsky.social, @louisetillin.bsky.social
and co-authors examine the chains of electoral accountability that govern how Indian citizens attribute credit and blame for social policy (based on a five state survey on health) in a context of uneven provision 11/
and co-authors examine the chains of electoral accountability that govern how Indian citizens attribute credit and blame for social policy (based on a five state survey on health) in a context of uneven provision 11/
November 21, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Finally @olliheath.bsky.social, @louisetillin.bsky.social
and co-authors examine the chains of electoral accountability that govern how Indian citizens attribute credit and blame for social policy (based on a five state survey on health) in a context of uneven provision 11/
and co-authors examine the chains of electoral accountability that govern how Indian citizens attribute credit and blame for social policy (based on a five state survey on health) in a context of uneven provision 11/
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A new special issue of World Development has just landed on the Future of Work and Welfare in India’s halting Structural Transition; co-edited by Sunil Mitra Kumar, @louisetillin.bsky.social and me, with a superb set of contributors 1/12 (copied from @louisetillin.bsky.social via X)
November 21, 2025 at 4:31 PM
A new special issue of World Development has just landed on the Future of Work and Welfare in India’s halting Structural Transition; co-edited by Sunil Mitra Kumar, @louisetillin.bsky.social and me, with a superb set of contributors 1/12 (copied from @louisetillin.bsky.social via X)
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Join us for a discussion on November 5 with @drsyquraishi.bsky.social, and speakers Shandana Khan Mohmand @ids.ac.uk, @mayatudor.bsky.social @blavatnikschool.bsky.social, moderated by @louisetillin.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social
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The State of Democracy in South Asia | King's College London
Dr SY Quraishi will speak about his new book in a panel discussion with other scholars.
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October 23, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Join us for a discussion on November 5 with @drsyquraishi.bsky.social, and speakers Shandana Khan Mohmand @ids.ac.uk, @mayatudor.bsky.social @blavatnikschool.bsky.social, moderated by @louisetillin.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social
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Inter alia with contributions by LOUISE TILLIN (@louisetillin.bsky.social) on Federalism, by FARRAH AHMED (@farrahahmed.bsky.social) on Citizenship Law, by Saptarshi Mandal (@saptman.bsky.social) on Tech, State & Social Media..
July 3, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Inter alia with contributions by LOUISE TILLIN (@louisetillin.bsky.social) on Federalism, by FARRAH AHMED (@farrahahmed.bsky.social) on Citizenship Law, by Saptarshi Mandal (@saptman.bsky.social) on Tech, State & Social Media..
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Publication day! 💫
Our Verfassungsbook “Indian Constitutionalism at Crossroads: 2014-2024”, edited by ANMOL JAIN (@anmoljain-law.bsky.social) and TANJA HERKLOTZ (@tanjaherklotz.bsky.social) is now available in print and online! 📚
Check it out now! verfassungsblog.de/books/
Our Verfassungsbook “Indian Constitutionalism at Crossroads: 2014-2024”, edited by ANMOL JAIN (@anmoljain-law.bsky.social) and TANJA HERKLOTZ (@tanjaherklotz.bsky.social) is now available in print and online! 📚
Check it out now! verfassungsblog.de/books/
July 3, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Publication day! 💫
Our Verfassungsbook “Indian Constitutionalism at Crossroads: 2014-2024”, edited by ANMOL JAIN (@anmoljain-law.bsky.social) and TANJA HERKLOTZ (@tanjaherklotz.bsky.social) is now available in print and online! 📚
Check it out now! verfassungsblog.de/books/
Our Verfassungsbook “Indian Constitutionalism at Crossroads: 2014-2024”, edited by ANMOL JAIN (@anmoljain-law.bsky.social) and TANJA HERKLOTZ (@tanjaherklotz.bsky.social) is now available in print and online! 📚
Check it out now! verfassungsblog.de/books/
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'Making India Work' deepens our understanding of how evolving economic policy, federalism, and especially notions of citizenship defined the development of state welfare since 1948.
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Worlds of Welfare
An insightful account of the ideas, principles, and political realities that have shaped India’s unique welfare state. 'Making India Work' deepens our understanding of how evolving economic policy, fe...
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June 9, 2025 at 5:07 AM
'Making India Work' deepens our understanding of how evolving economic policy, federalism, and especially notions of citizenship defined the development of state welfare since 1948.
www.theindiaforum.in/book-reviews...
www.theindiaforum.in/book-reviews...
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Democratisation and the pressures of electoral politics meant that the failure to generate jobs could not be ignored. India’s welfare regimes bore the burden.
Worlds of Welfare
An insightful account of the ideas, principles, and political realities that have shaped India’s unique welfare state. 'Making India Work' deepens our understanding of how evolving economic policy,…
www.theindiaforum.in
June 12, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Democratisation and the pressures of electoral politics meant that the failure to generate jobs could not be ignored. India’s welfare regimes bore the burden.
“Making India Work is essential reading for scholars and students of welfare states in India and beyond. Above all, this must be read in India by our commentariat who in the court of public opinion have been far too quick to delegitimise essential welfare investments.” Yamini Aiyer reviews MIW
'Making India Work' deepens our understanding of how evolving economic policy, federalism, and especially notions of citizenship defined the development of state welfare since 1948.
www.theindiaforum.in/book-reviews...
www.theindiaforum.in/book-reviews...
Worlds of Welfare
An insightful account of the ideas, principles, and political realities that have shaped India’s unique welfare state. 'Making India Work' deepens our understanding of how evolving economic policy, fe...
www.theindiaforum.in
June 9, 2025 at 8:15 AM
“Making India Work is essential reading for scholars and students of welfare states in India and beyond. Above all, this must be read in India by our commentariat who in the court of public opinion have been far too quick to delegitimise essential welfare investments.” Yamini Aiyer reviews MIW
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This week on #GrandTamasha, @louisetillin.bsky.social joins me to discuss her new book, "Making India Work: The Development of Welfare in a Multi-Level Democracy," which examines the evolution of India's welfare state over the last century grand-tamasha.simplecast.com/episodes/ind...
April 24, 2025 at 9:02 AM
This week on #GrandTamasha, @louisetillin.bsky.social joins me to discuss her new book, "Making India Work: The Development of Welfare in a Multi-Level Democracy," which examines the evolution of India's welfare state over the last century grand-tamasha.simplecast.com/episodes/ind...
This week I join @milanv.bsky.social as a guest on one of my fave podcasts - Grand Tamasha - to discuss my new book Making India Work, and the history of welfare in India
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@carnegieendowment.org @kingsindiainst.bsky.social @cambridgeup.bsky.social
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India’s Precocious Welfare State | Grand Tamasha
Scholar Louise Tillin joins Milan to share findings from her new book, "Making India Work: The Development of Welfare in a Multi-Level Democracy," an examination into the evolution of India's welfare ...
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April 23, 2025 at 2:45 PM
This week I join @milanv.bsky.social as a guest on one of my fave podcasts - Grand Tamasha - to discuss my new book Making India Work, and the history of welfare in India
grand-tamasha.simplecast.com/episodes/ind...
@carnegieendowment.org @kingsindiainst.bsky.social @cambridgeup.bsky.social
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@carnegieendowment.org @kingsindiainst.bsky.social @cambridgeup.bsky.social
The South Asia edition of Making India Work: The Development of Welfare in a Multi-level Democracy @CambridgeUP is now available in India and elsewhere in the region for Rs595 in paperback (or Rs1569 kindle). See below or ask in your local book shop!
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March 24, 2025 at 1:31 PM
The South Asia edition of Making India Work: The Development of Welfare in a Multi-level Democracy @CambridgeUP is now available in India and elsewhere in the region for Rs595 in paperback (or Rs1569 kindle). See below or ask in your local book shop!
www.amazon.in/dp/1009668374
www.amazon.in/dp/1009668374
Lovely to finally get my hands on this long-awaited volume edited by Balveer Arora and Mohan Rao. A great set of chapters by a superb group of federalism scholars and public health experts
March 13, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Lovely to finally get my hands on this long-awaited volume edited by Balveer Arora and Mohan Rao. A great set of chapters by a superb group of federalism scholars and public health experts
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My latest for @hindustan-times.bsky.social: The dismantling of the American state is well underway. Indians should not be celebrating but sounding the alarm. Above all, they should be bracing for impact. www.hindustantimes.com/opinion/trem...
March 9, 2025 at 7:25 AM
My latest for @hindustan-times.bsky.social: The dismantling of the American state is well underway. Indians should not be celebrating but sounding the alarm. Above all, they should be bracing for impact. www.hindustantimes.com/opinion/trem...
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Event - Making India Work: The Development of Welfare in a Multi-Level Democracy
Join us on March 19 for Prof @louisetillin.bsky.social's book launch w/ Christophe Jaffrelot, @indrajitroy.bsky.social
& Sheba Tejani
Sign up: www.kcl.ac.uk/events/makin... @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social
Join us on March 19 for Prof @louisetillin.bsky.social's book launch w/ Christophe Jaffrelot, @indrajitroy.bsky.social
& Sheba Tejani
Sign up: www.kcl.ac.uk/events/makin... @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social
March 3, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Event - Making India Work: The Development of Welfare in a Multi-Level Democracy
Join us on March 19 for Prof @louisetillin.bsky.social's book launch w/ Christophe Jaffrelot, @indrajitroy.bsky.social
& Sheba Tejani
Sign up: www.kcl.ac.uk/events/makin... @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social
Join us on March 19 for Prof @louisetillin.bsky.social's book launch w/ Christophe Jaffrelot, @indrajitroy.bsky.social
& Sheba Tejani
Sign up: www.kcl.ac.uk/events/makin... @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social
On March 19th we will be holding a book launch for Making India Work at King’s. I’ll be in discussion with @indrajitroy.bsky.social, Sheba Tejani and Christophe Jaffrelot. Do come along if you are in London - sign up details 👇
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Making India Work: The Development of Welfare in a Multi-Level Democracy
Join us for the launch of Professor Louise Tillin's book.
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February 26, 2025 at 4:16 PM
On March 19th we will be holding a book launch for Making India Work at King’s. I’ll be in discussion with @indrajitroy.bsky.social, Sheba Tejani and Christophe Jaffrelot. Do come along if you are in London - sign up details 👇
www.kcl.ac.uk/events/makin...
www.kcl.ac.uk/events/makin...
The global edition of my new book, Making India Work: The Development of Welfare in Multi-Level Democracy published by @cambridgeup.bsky.social
and originally supported by
@leverhulme.bsky.social
is now out in the world!
www.cambridge.org/gb/universit...
and originally supported by
@leverhulme.bsky.social
is now out in the world!
www.cambridge.org/gb/universit...
Making India Work | South Asian history
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February 14, 2025 at 6:17 PM
The global edition of my new book, Making India Work: The Development of Welfare in Multi-Level Democracy published by @cambridgeup.bsky.social
and originally supported by
@leverhulme.bsky.social
is now out in the world!
www.cambridge.org/gb/universit...
and originally supported by
@leverhulme.bsky.social
is now out in the world!
www.cambridge.org/gb/universit...
In a new article in Asian Survey, Rouf Dar and I explore Indian federalism from the vantage point of Jammu and Kashmir’s Constituent Assembly. J&K was the only Indian state to have its own constituent assembly and yet the deliberations of this body have been strangely overlooked
February 13, 2025 at 12:38 PM
In a new article in Asian Survey, Rouf Dar and I explore Indian federalism from the vantage point of Jammu and Kashmir’s Constituent Assembly. J&K was the only Indian state to have its own constituent assembly and yet the deliberations of this body have been strangely overlooked
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There's a poll going round suggesting half of Gen Z would support a dictatorship in the UK. Slightly different question and sample... but this is definitely *not* what the British Election Study finds
January 28, 2025 at 10:49 AM
There's a poll going round suggesting half of Gen Z would support a dictatorship in the UK. Slightly different question and sample... but this is definitely *not* what the British Election Study finds
An important trial balloon for the BJP's national manifesto pledge of a uniform civil code, moving away from separate personal laws for different religious communities
Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami, on Monday rolled out Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in the State. He also launched a portal to mark its implementation and released the new rules for the UCC. www.thehindu.com/news/nationa...
January 27, 2025 at 10:10 AM
An important trial balloon for the BJP's national manifesto pledge of a uniform civil code, moving away from separate personal laws for different religious communities
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Next week in London. Join us at @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social
Are you in London on February 5 & want to hear abt the connections between the India-China rivalry & the Israel-Palestine conflict? Honored to talk abt & discuss these issues at @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social with Sumitha Kutty & Anit Mukherjee from 5-6:30p www.kcl.ac.uk/events/the-i...
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January 27, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Next week in London. Join us at @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social
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Do you have a recently published book or article on South Asia? Submit your work for the APSA South Asian section prizes! Details below.
January 15, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Do you have a recently published book or article on South Asia? Submit your work for the APSA South Asian section prizes! Details below.
The deadline for submitting a book to be considered for the @apsa.bsky.social Francine Frankel prize for best book on politics of South Asia is coming up on February 1st
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Section 55 - American Political Science Association (APSA)
South Asian Politics (Section 55) The purpose of this section is to facilitate and promote research in the subfield of South Asian politics---the domestic
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January 15, 2025 at 9:13 PM
The deadline for submitting a book to be considered for the @apsa.bsky.social Francine Frankel prize for best book on politics of South Asia is coming up on February 1st
apsanet.org/membership/o....
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My new book, Making India Work: The Development of Welfare in a Multi-Level Democracy will be published by @cambridgeup.bsky.social in early Feb! Pre-order at a discount 👇(South Asia edition following soon)
January 14, 2025 at 2:25 PM
My new book, Making India Work: The Development of Welfare in a Multi-Level Democracy will be published by @cambridgeup.bsky.social in early Feb! Pre-order at a discount 👇(South Asia edition following soon)