Associate Professor Peter Mayer
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Research Interests
* Political, Economic and Social Change in India
* Suicide and Violence in India
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Publications
Publications 2019-2022
Book Chapters
Mayer, P. (2022) “Militarism and Development in Underdeveloped Societies”. In: Kurtz L (ed) Encyclopedia of Violence, Peace, and Conflict. Third Edition: Elsevier, Academic Press, Vol. 3, pp. 192–206.
Mayer, P. (2022) “The Jajmani System”. In: S.S. Jodhka and J. Naudet (eds) The Oxford Handbook on Caste in the Modern World. Oxford: Oxford University Press)
Girard, V., C. Chassonnery-Zaïgouche and P. Mayer (2022) “Measuring Caste-based Discrimination ”. In: S. Pai, S. Babu and R. Verma (eds) Dalits in the New Millennium. New Delhi: Oxford University Press. (in press)
Arya, V., A. Page, G. Armstrong and P. Mayer. (2022) “Suicide rates among Dalits”. In: S. Pai, S. Babu and R. Verma (eds) Dalits in the New Millennium. New Delhi: Oxford University Press. (in press)
Refereed Journal Articles
Mayer, P. (2022) “They Did Not Have to Burn My Sister Alive”: Causes and Distribution by State of Dowry Murders in India”. Dignity: A Journal of Analysis of Exploitation and Violence 7(1): Article 9. https://digitalcommons.uri.edu/dignity/vol7/iss1/9/
Mayer, P. (2022) “Disease & Democracy: Which way does the arrow of causality point in India?” New Zealand Journal of Asian Studies 24 (1) June 2022 pp. 65-89.
Arya, V., A. Page, R. Dandona and P. Mayer (2019) “The Geographic Heterogeneity of Suicide Rates in India by Religion, Caste, Tribe, and Other Backward Classes”. Crisis The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention DOI: 10.1027/0227-5910/a000574.
Opinion Pieces and Policy Briefs
M. Oak and P. Mayer (2019) "Modi appeals to voters by putting on khaki and saffron" East Asia Forum 11th April, 2019 https://www.eastasiaforum.org/?p=178000
Mayer, P. and M. Oak (2019) “The Modi Era: India’s Prime Minister Towers Over Party and Opponents” The Globe Post 30 May, 2019 https://theglobepost.com/2019/05/30/india-modi-era/
Mayer, P. and M. Oak (2019) “Modi’s High Stakes Gamble: How Will India’s Citizenship Act Play Out?” The Globe Post 30 December, 2019 https://theglobepost.com/2019/12/30/india-caa-gamble/
Oak, M. and P. Mayer (2020) “India’s Lockdown Locks Out the Poor” (with Mandar Oak) East Asia Forum 20 June 2020 https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2020/06/20/indias-lockdown-locks-out-the-poor/
Media appearances
11/01/2019
2SER Community Radio with Sean Britten
2019 Citizenship Bill
1/03/2019
2SER Community Radio with Sean Britten
India-Pakistan armed conflict
12/04/2019
2SER Community Radio with Sean Britten
Indian Elections 2019
16/08/2019
2SER Community Radio with Sean Britten
Kashmir 2019
06/03/2020
2SER Community Radio with Sean Britten
New Delhi Riots
01/05/2020
2SER Community Radio with Sean Britten
US Commission on International Religious Freedom concerns about India
5/05/2021
Interviewed by Gavin Fernando, SBS
#ModiMustResign: As India's coronavirus crisis deepens, its leader faces a growing backlash
https://www.sbs.com.au/news/modimustresign-as-india-s-coronavirus-crisis-deepens-its-leader-faces-a-growing-backlash
7/05/2021
2SER Community Radio with Sean Britten
State elections in India
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Files
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- Mayer-Jajmani_system.pdf [4.8MB] (application/pdf)
- Mayer-Indias_Falling_Sex_Ratios.pdf [68.1K] (application/pdf)
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Media Expertise
Categories Politics & Government, Foreign Countries & People Expertise Asian politics, economic reform in Asia, India, Pakistan, South Asia, reform, politics (development, economic reform in Asia), Indian politics, Pakistan politics, Pakistani politics, suicide; social change, failed states Notes Alt phone: (08) 8303 5610/5699 After hours (08) 8339 1724
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Entry last updated: Sunday, 18 Feb 2024