Amita Baviskar

2.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
39 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Amita Baviskar is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations and Anthropology. According to data from OpenAlex, Amita Baviskar has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 12 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 6 papers in Anthropology. Recurrent topics in Amita Baviskar's work include Social and Economic Development in India (6 papers), Hydropower, Displacement, Environmental Impact (6 papers) and South Asian Studies and Conflicts (6 papers). Amita Baviskar is often cited by papers focused on Social and Economic Development in India (6 papers), Hydropower, Displacement, Environmental Impact (6 papers) and South Asian Studies and Conflicts (6 papers). Amita Baviskar collaborates with scholars based in India, United States and Netherlands. Amita Baviskar's co-authors include Raka Ray, Wendy Wolford, Marc Edelman, Eric Holt-Giménez, Tony Weis, Saturnino M. Borras, Deniz Kandiyoti, Saturnino M. Borras, Ian Scoones and Nancy Lee Peluso and has published in prestigious journals such as Current Anthropology, Environmental Impact Assessment Review and The Journal of Peasant Studies.

In The Last Decade

Amita Baviskar

36 papers receiving 1.2k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Elite and everyman : the cultural politics of the Indian middle classes

2011 159 citations Amita Baviskar, Raka Ray Routledge eBooks profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Amita Baviskar India	17	614	511	330	217	201	39	1.4k
Tania Murray Li France	3	847 1.4×	583 1.1×	354 1.1×	251 1.2×	127 0.6×	5	1.6k
Michael Ekers Canada	13	395 0.6×	339 0.7×	221 0.7×	56 0.3×	168 0.8×	27	972
Jim Glassman Canada	21	854 1.4×	782 1.5×	170 0.5×	91 0.4×	207 1.0×	53	1.6k
Nina Laurie United Kingdom	24	797 1.3×	487 1.0×	92 0.3×	124 0.6×	212 1.1×	64	1.6k
Scott Prudham Canada	14	532 0.9×	510 1.0×	317 1.0×	56 0.3×	133 0.7×	22	1.7k
Sharlene Mollett Canada	15	552 0.9×	217 0.4×	259 0.8×	120 0.6×	80 0.4×	27	1.1k
Michael Levien United States	17	690 1.1×	540 1.1×	726 2.2×	133 0.6×	215 1.1×	31	1.4k
Vinay Gidwani United States	18	610 1.0×	538 1.1×	164 0.5×	214 1.0×	320 1.6×	45	1.4k
Maristella Svampa Argentina	15	651 1.1×	402 0.8×	179 0.5×	139 0.6×	119 0.6×	67	1.4k
Sharad Chari South Africa	13	443 0.7×	308 0.6×	98 0.3×	159 0.7×	121 0.6×	37	971

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All Works

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Baviskar, Amita. (2025). The Wood for the Trees. Current Anthropology. 66(S27). S13–S21.

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Baviskar, Amita. (2024). Commentary on Guérin and Venkatasubramanian ‘Debt and the Politics of Numbers’. Review of Political Economy. 36(2). 500–503. 1 indexed citations

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Rangan, Haripriya, et al.. (2022). Book Review. Conservation and Society. 20(1). 47–53. 1 indexed citations

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Baviskar, Amita & Michael Levien. (2021). Farmers’ protests in India: introduction to the JPS Forum. The Journal of Peasant Studies. 48(7). 1341–1355. 27 indexed citations

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Baviskar, Amita & Raka Ray. (2020). COVID-19 at Home: Gender, Class, and the Domestic Economy in India. Feminist Studies. 46(3). 561–571. 2 indexed citations

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Baviskar, Amita & Vinay Gidwani. (2019). The lives of waste and pollution. Economic and political weekly. 54(47). 33–35. 9 indexed citations

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Edelman, Marc, Tony Weis, Amita Baviskar, et al.. (2014). Introduction: critical perspectives on food sovereignty. The Journal of Peasant Studies. 41(6). 911–931. 182 indexed citations

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Baviskar, Amita & Raka Ray. (2011). Elite and everyman : the cultural politics of the Indian middle classes. Routledge eBooks. 159 indexed citations breakdown →

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Baviskar, Amita, Anant Maringanti, Karen Coelho, & Vinay Gidwani. (2011). Urban concerns: An introduction. Economic and political weekly. 46(31). 39–40. 20 indexed citations

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Baviskar, Amita. (2010). Indian environmental politics: an interview. Cosmopolitan Civil Societies: An Interdisciplinary Journal (University of Technology Sydney). 5(1). 3 indexed citations

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Baviskar, Amita. (2008). contract Killings: Silicosis among adivasi m igrant Workers. Economic and political weekly. 3 indexed citations

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Baviskar, Amita. (2008). Contested grounds : essays on nature, culture, and power. Oxford University Press eBooks. 22 indexed citations

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Baviskar, Amita. (2008). Winning the Right to Information Campaign in India. OpenDocs (Institute of Development Studies). 1 indexed citations

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Shah, Ghanshyam, Sukhadeo Thorat, Satish Deshpande, et al.. (2006). Untouchability in Rural India. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 74 indexed citations

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Baviskar, Amita, et al.. (2003). Nature in the Global South: Environmental Projects in South and Southeast Asia. 39 indexed citations

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Baviskar, Amita. (2001). Forest management as political practice: Indian experiences with the accommodation of multiple interests. International Journal of Agricultural Resources Governance and Ecology. 1(3/4). 243–243. 17 indexed citations

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Baviskar, Amita. (1999). VANISHING FORESTS, SACRED TREES: A HINDU PERSPECTIVE ON ECO-CONSCIOUSNESS. Asian Geographer. 18(1-2). 21–31. 7 indexed citations

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Baviskar, Amita. (1997). Tribal Politics and Discourses of Environmentalism. Contributions to Indian Sociology. 31(2). 195–223. 26 indexed citations

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Baviskar, Amita. (1995). Discussion: The Political Uses of Sociology: Tribes and the Sardar Sarovar Project. Sociological Bulletin. 44(1). 89–96. 1 indexed citations

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Baviskar, Amita. (1992). Development, nature and resistance : The case of Bhilala tribals in the Narmada valley. UMI Dissertation Information Service eBooks. 3 indexed citations

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