Numbers as Political Allies: The Census in Jammu and Kashmir

Vikas Kumar

doi:10.1017/9781009317245

Numbers as Political Allies analyses the state sponsored headcounts in Jammu and Kashmir as public goods, collective self-portraits, and symbols of modernity. It explores how census statistics are impacted by their administrative, legal and political-economic contexts. The book guides the reader through the entire lifecycle of headcounts from the administrative manoeuvring at the preparatory stage to the partisan use of data in policymaking and public debates. Using the case of Jammu and Kashmir, it explains how our ability to examine data quality is limited by the paucity of metadata and estimates the magnitudes of coverage and content errors in the census process. It argues that Jammu and Kashmir's data deficit is shaped by and shapes ethno-regional, communal, and scalar contests across different levels of governance and compares its census experience with other states to discuss possible reforms to enhance public trust in the census.

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1 - Debating Numbers
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Part II - Counting People
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2 - Counting amidst Uncertainty
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3 - Inventing Boys and Miscounting Tribes and Languages
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Part III - Context
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4 - Anxious Majorities
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5 - The Limits of Law
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6 - Growth as Well-Being
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Part IV - Reforms
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7 - Reinventing the Census
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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-vi

List of Figures
pp vii-x

List of Maps
pp xi-xii

List of Tables
pp xiii-xiv

List of Timelines
pp xv-xvi

Preface
pp xvii-xx

Acknowledgements
pp xxi-xxiv

List of Abbreviations
pp xxv-xxviii

Part I - Introduction
pp 1-2

1 - Debating Numbers
pp 3-64

Part II - Counting People
pp 65-66

2 - Counting amidst Uncertainty
pp 67-125

3 - Inventing Boys and Miscounting Tribes and Languages
pp 126-218

Part III - Context
pp 219-220

4 - Anxious Majorities
pp 221-325

5 - The Limits of Law
pp 326-357

6 - Growth as Well-Being
pp 358-390

Part IV - Reforms
pp 391-392

7 - Reinventing the Census
pp 393-437

Appendix
pp 438-439

Bibliography
pp 440-490

Index
pp 491-532

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