Gabrielle Kruks-Wisner: The Politics of Citizens’ Complaints in Rural India by Governance Uncovered

Episode 28: This month, we talk to Gabrielle Kruks-Wisner, Assistant Professor of Politics and Global Studies at the University of Virginia. Gabrielle’s research examines citizenship practices and local governance, with a regional focus on India.

In this episode, we discuss the problems that citizens face in Northern rural India, a setting noted for variable public administration and often callous treatment of citizens by officials.

Selected work:
Kruks-Wisner, Gabrielle.(2021). "Great Expectations, Great Grievances: The Politics of Citizens’ Complaints in India." Comparative Politics. https://doi.org/10.5129/001041521X16106633880914

Kruks-Wisner, Gabrielle. (2018). "Claiming the State: Active Citizenship and Social Welfare in Rural India." Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/9781108185899

Kruks-Wisner, Gabrielle. (2017). "The Pursuit of Social Welfare - Citizen Claim-Making in Rural India." World Politics. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/world-politics/article/abs/pursuit-of-social-welfare/2D1F16779C76BA8EA523BBD05DF214B0