On February 6, 2017, the Georgetown University India Initiative hosted Prerna Singh, the Mahatma Gandhi Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Public Affairs at Brown University, for a talk on her newest publication, How Solidarity Works for Welfare: Subnationalism and Social Development in India (2016).
How Solidarity Works for Welfare has won numerous awards, including the Woodrow Wilson Prize by the American Political Science Association and the Barrington Moore Prize by the American Sociological Association. The publication is a comparative historical analysis of the evolution of social policy and welfare systems in Indian states. Dr. Singh examined the role of social solidarity and political community in shaping these programs. By outlining the stark variations in educational and health outcomes within India, Dr. Singh explained how the power of collective identity can serve as a catalyst for state prioritization of social welfare.
This event was co-sponsored by the Department of Government and the Mortara Center for International Studies as part of their CRITICS series, along with the Georgetown University India Initiative.
Prerna Singh is the Mahatma Gandhi Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Public Affairs and a faculty fellow at the Watson Institute for International Public Affairs at Brown University.