{"id":"https://openalex.org/W1497092850","doi":null,"title":"The Scandal of the State: Women, Law, and Citizenship in Postcolonial India","display_name":"The Scandal of the State: Women, Law, and Citizenship in Postcolonial India","publication_year":2003,"publication_date":"2003-04-09","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W1497092850","mag":"1497092850"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"mag:1497092850","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"http://ci.nii.ac.jp/ncid/BA68626903","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":null,"is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":null},"volume":null,"type":"book","indexed_in":[],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5014324900","display_name":"Rajeswari Sunder Rajan","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Rajeswari Sunder Rajan","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":0,"institutions_distinct_count":0,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5014324900"],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":12.4682,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":111,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.98417623,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":89,"max":99},"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":null,"last_page":null},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12949","display_name":"South Asian Studies and Diaspora","score":0.35249999165534973,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1211","display_name":"Philosophy"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/12","display_name":"Arts and Humanities"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12949","display_name":"South Asian Studies and Diaspora","score":0.35249999165534973,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1211","display_name":"Philosophy"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/12","display_name":"Arts and Humanities"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12275","display_name":"Gender and Feminist Studies","score":0.22859999537467957,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3318","display_name":"Gender Studies"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13783","display_name":"Feminism, Gender, and Intersectionality","score":0.11349999904632568,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3312","display_name":"Sociology and Political Science"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/women-and-the-state","display_name":"women and the state","score":0.8640000224113464},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/citizenship","display_name":"citizenship","score":0.949999988079071},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/postcolonial-india","display_name":"postcolonial India","score":0.7239999771118164},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/feminist-theory","display_name":"feminist theory","score":0.5770000219345093},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/postcolonial-studies","display_name":"postcolonial studies","score":0.7360000014305115},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/gender-and-law","display_name":"gender and law","score":0.6309999823570251},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/forced-sterilization","display_name":"forced sterilization","score":0.8009999990463257},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/female-infanticide","display_name":"female infanticide","score":0.9300000071525574},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/uniform-civil-code","display_name":"Uniform Civil Code","score":0.8960000276565552},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/secularism","display_name":"secularism","score":0.7839999794960022},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/religion-and-citizenship","display_name":"religion and citizenship","score":0.44600000977516174},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/neoliberal-state","display_name":"neoliberal state","score":0.45500001311302185},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/women-s-rights","display_name":"women's rights","score":0.5690000057220459}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780781376","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q42138","display_name":"Citizenship","level":3,"score":0.5753617882728577},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C107993555","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1662673","display_name":"Gender studies","level":1,"score":0.5242353081703186},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C17744445","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36442","display_name":"Political science","level":0,"score":0.4569672644138336},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C144024400","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21201","display_name":"Sociology","level":0,"score":0.44455793499946594},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C48103436","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q599031","display_name":"State (computer science)","level":2,"score":0.42932748794555664},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C94625758","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7163","display_name":"Politics","level":2,"score":0.42388346791267395},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199539241","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7748","display_name":"Law","level":1,"score":0.361868679523468},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C11413529","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8366","display_name":"Algorithm","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"mag:1497092850","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"http://ci.nii.ac.jp/ncid/BA68626903","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":null,"is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":null}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"score":0.9595999717712402,"display_name":"Peace, justice, and strong institutions","id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/16"},{"score":0.7307999730110168,"display_name":"Gender equality","id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/5"}],"sustainable_development_goals_aurora":[{"score":0.6299999952316284,"display_name":"Gender equality","id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/5"}],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":0,"referenced_works":[],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W7146666353","https://openalex.org/W7172190315","https://openalex.org/W436017331","https://openalex.org/W1598940406","https://openalex.org/W615880974","https://openalex.org/W1986321929","https://openalex.org/W2031169602","https://openalex.org/W396593607","https://openalex.org/W2186209392","https://openalex.org/W4245967540"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"The":[0,138,260],"Scandal":[1,139,261],"of":[2,9,76,116,134,140,147,152,162,174,195,216,250,262,269,273,285],"the":[3,10,13,40,56,74,89,96,102,114,130,135,141,159,163,172,184,192,214,217,226,228,247,263,270,276,282],"State":[4,142,264],"is":[5,42,265],"a":[6,145,188,236,266,286],"path-breaking":[7],"examination":[8],"relationship":[11],"between":[12,239],"postcolonial,":[14],"democratic":[15],"Indian":[16,19,164],"nation-state":[17],"and":[18,23,32,48,52,59,67,83,120,124,213,244,257,275],"women's":[53],"actual":[21],"needs":[22],"lives.":[24],"Well-known":[25],"for":[26,70],"her":[27],"work":[28],"combining":[29],"feminist":[30],"theory":[31],"postcolonial":[33,90,287],"studies,":[34,150],"Rajeswari":[35],"Sunder":[36,86,180],"Rajan":[37,87,181],"shows":[38],"how":[39],"state":[41,91,100,136,165,200,277],"central":[43],"to":[44,177,241],"understanding":[45],"identities":[47,126],"how,":[49],"reciprocally,":[50],"women":[51,71,198,234,274],"issues":[54],"affect":[55],"state's":[57],"role":[58],"function.":[60],"She":[61,222],"argues":[62],"that":[63],"in":[64,92,101,199,205,281],"India":[65],"law":[66],"citizenship":[68],"define":[69],"not":[72],"only":[73],"scope":[75],"political":[77],"rights":[78],"but":[79],"also":[80,223],"cultural":[81],"identity":[82],"everyday":[84],"life.":[85],"delineates":[88],"implicit":[93],"contrast":[94],"with":[95,107,235,254],"enlightened,":[97],"post-feminist":[98],"neoliberal":[99],"West.":[103],"Her":[104],"analysis":[105],"wrestles":[106],"complex":[108],"social":[109],"realities,":[110],"taking":[111],"into":[112],"account":[113],"influence":[115],"age,":[117],"ethnicity,":[118],"religion,":[119],"class":[121],"on":[122,183,278],"individual":[123,251],"group":[125],"as":[127,129,208],"well":[128],"shifting,":[131],"heterogeneous":[132],"nature":[133],"itself.":[137],"develops":[143],"through":[144],"series":[146],"compelling":[148],"case":[149],"each":[151],"which":[153],"centers":[154],"around":[155],"an":[156],"incident":[157],"exposing":[158],"contradictory":[160],"position":[161],"vis-a-vis":[166],"its":[167,175],"female":[168,203,218],"citizens":[169],"and,":[170],"ultimately,":[171],"inadequacy":[173],"commitment":[176],"rights.":[179,252],"focuses":[182],"custody":[185],"battle":[186],"over":[187],"Muslim":[189],"child":[190],"bride,":[191],"compulsory":[193],"sterilization":[194],"mentally":[196],"retarded":[197],"institutional":[201],"care,":[202],"infanticide":[204],"Tamilnadu,":[206],"prostitution":[207],"labor":[209],"rather":[210],"than":[211],"crime,":[212],"surrender":[215],"outlaw":[219],"Phoolan":[220],"Devi.":[221],"looks":[224],"at":[225],"ways":[227],"Uniform":[229],"Civil":[230],"Code":[231],"presented":[232],"many":[233],"stark":[237],"choice":[238],"allegiance":[240],"their":[242],"religion":[243],"community":[245],"or":[246],"secular":[248],"assertion":[249],"Rich":[253],"theoretical":[255],"acumen":[256],"activist":[258],"passion,":[259],"powerful":[267],"critique":[268],"mutual":[271],"dependence":[272],"one":[279],"another":[280],"specific":[283],"context":[284],"modernity.":[288]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":5},{"year":2018,"cited_by_count":5},{"year":2017,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2016,"cited_by_count":6},{"year":2015,"cited_by_count":9},{"year":2014,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2013,"cited_by_count":6},{"year":2012,"cited_by_count":5}],"updated_date":"2026-10-25T09:29:13.331239","created_date":"2016-06-24T00:00:00"}