Peter Mayer- Selected Publications

Books:

1. Suicide and Society in India (with Della Steen, Clare Bradley and Tahereh Ziaian) (London & New Delhi: Routledge, 2011/2012)

2. India (Sydney: Asia-Australia Institute, 1993)

3. India: Rebellion to Republic (with Robin Jeffrey, et al) (New Delhi: Sterling Publishers, 1990)

4. Capitalism and Colonial Production (with Hamza Alavi, et al) (London: Croom Helm, 1982)

Recent Book Chapters

1. “Measuring Caste-based Discrimination” with Victoire Girard & Cléo Chassonnery-Zaïgouche to appear in Sudha Pai, Shyam Babu, & Rahul Verma (eds.) Dalits in the New Millennium (New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2022).

2. “Suicide rates among Dalits” with Vikas Arya, Andrew Page & Gregory Armstrong to appear in Sudha Pai, Shyam Babu, & Rahul Verma (eds.) Dalits in the New Millennium (New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2022).

3. "Militarism and Development in Underdeveloped Societies" in Lester Kurtz (ed.) Encyclopedia of Violence, Peace, and Conflict  Third Edition (Elsevier, Academic Press, 2022) pp. 192–206. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-820195-4.00077-7. ISBN: 9780128201954,.
4. "The Jajmani System" to appear in Surinder S. Jodhka and Jules Naudet (eds.) The Oxford Handbook on Caste in the Modern World (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2022).

5. “Comparative Reflections on The Civilizing Process” in David Lemmings and Ann Brooks (eds.) Emotions and Social Change: Historical and Sociological Perspectives (New York & London: Routledge, 2014), pp. 233-251..

6. “Riots, Elections and Society: Discerning Social and Political Trends in India and Pakistan in Coming Decades” in Amitendu Palit and Gloria Spittel (eds.) South Asia in the New Decade: Challenges and Prospects (Singapore: World Scientific, 2013).

7. “Mapping the Strength of Village Elites” in Lance Brennan and Auriol Weigold (eds.) Re-Thinking India: Perceptions from Australia (New Delhi: Readworthy, 2013), pp. 104-127.

8. “South Australia and India” (with Purnendra Jain) in John Spoehr and Purnendra Jain (eds.) The Engaging State (Adelaide: Wakefield Press, 2012).

9. “Politics at the University of Adelaide” in Nick Harvey, Jean Fornasiero, Greg McCarthy, Clem Macintyre and Carl Crossin (eds.) A History of the Faculty of Arts at the University of Adelaide 1876-2012 (Adelaide: University of Adelaide Press, 2012).

10. "Making Democracy Perform: Human Development and Civic Community in India" in Dwaipayan Bhattacharyya, Niraja Gopal Jayal, Bishnu N. Mohapatra & Sudha Pai (eds.) Interrogating Social Capital (New Delhi: Sage Publications, 2004)

Recent Journal Articles , Published Papers & Conference Papers

1. ‘“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 2022, Volume 7, Issue 1, Article 9. https://digitalcommons.uri.edu/dignity/vol7/iss1/9/

   https://doi.org/10.23860/dignity.2022.07.01.

2. “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 2019 with Vikas Arya, Andrew Page, Rakhi Dandona, Lakshmi Vijayakumar, & Gregory Armstrong (doi:10.1027/0227-5910/a000574)

3. "Modernization, Social Capital and Public Participation in the Creation of Self-Management Charter in Thailand." Advanced Science Letters, 2018 Vol. 24, No. 4, pp. 2185-9, with Wanlapat Suksawas and Parinya Soithong.

4. "Trends and socio-economic determinants of suicide in India: 2001–2013" Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology 2018 Vol. 53, pp.269–78 with Vikas Arya, Andrew Page, Jo River, and Gregory Armstrong.

5. “The Better Angels of Their Natures? The Declining Rate of Homicides against India’s Dalits” Studies in Indian Politics 2017 Vol. 5, No. 2, pp. 1-22.

6. "Can Gender and Social Class Generate Political Participation in Northern Thailand?" Advanced Science Letters 2016.Vol. 22, No. 12, pp. 4197-4200 with Wanlapat Suksawas.

7. “Thinking Clearly about Suicide in India – 3 Youth and Young Adult Suicide in Australia and India” Economic and Political Weekly, 24 December, 2016, Vol. 51, Issue No. 52, pp. 85-94 http://www.epw.in/journal/2016/52/special-articles/thinking-clearly-about-suicide-india%E2%80%94iii.html

8. “Thinking Clearly about Suicide in India - 2 Suitable Girls & Companionate Couples: Social Change and Suicide in the Indian Family" Economic and Political Weekly, 8 Oct, 2016, Vol. 51, Issue No. 41, pp. 40-45. http://www.epw.in/journal/2016/41/special-articles/thinking-clearly-about-suicide-india.html

9. “Thinking Clearly about Suicide in India - 1 Desperate Housewives, Despairing Farmers” Economic and Political Weekly, April 2, 2016, Vol. LI, No. 14, pp. 44-55 http://www.adelaide.edu.au/directory/peter.mayer?dsn=directory.file;field=data;id=37237;m=view

10. "Narendra Modi ki adhuri Reform kahaani [Narendra Modi's unfinished reform story]: Big steps...or baby steps?" Paper presented at the International Convention of Asian Scholars (ICAS 9) Adelaide 6-9 July, 2015

11. “Disease, Diffusion & Democracy: Which way does the arrow of causality point in India?” Paper presented at the 21st Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia, Australian National University, Canberra, July 5-7, 2016.

12. “The Modi lahar (wave) in the 2014 Indian national election: A critical realignment?”, Australian Journal of Political Science, Vol .49, No. 3, (2014), pp. 518-528, (with Priya Chacko).

13. “Gross Violations of Duverger’s Law in India”, Studies in Indian Politics Vol. 1 No.2, (2013), pp. 179–201.

14. "Does Social Capital Work in Thai Politics?"  Silpakorn University Journal of Social Sciences, Humanities, and Arts Vol. 13, No. 1, pp.75-97, 2013, with Wanlapat Suksawas.

15. ‘Two Faces of Emotional Aggression: Comparative Reflections on “The Civilizing Process”’ Paper presented to the Norbert Elias, Emotional Styles and Historical Change: An Interdisciplinary Collaboratory. ARC Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions, Change Program, University of Adelaide, 14-15 June 2011

16. “Beyond Cricket: Australia–India Evolving Relations” Australian Journal of Political Science, Vol. 45, No. 1, (March 2010), pp. 133–148 (with Purnendra Jain).

17. “Are There Political Patterns to Communal Violence in India?” Refereed Paper presented at the 18^th Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia, Adelaide 5-8 July, 2010 Canberra: Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA) Inc and the University of Adelaide.  ISBN 978-0-7258-1136-5

18. “Riots, Elections and Society: Discerning Social and Political Trends in India and Pakistan in Coming Decades” Paper presented at the Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS), University of Singapore, 6^th International Conference on South Asia, Singapore November 11-12 2010.

19. “Old Regions, New States: Why Is Governance Weak in the Indus-Ganges Plain?” Asian Journal of Political Science Vol. 18, No. 1, (April 2010), pp. 20-47.

20. “The South Asian Arc of Instability: In Search of Explanations” paper presented to the South Asia Seminar, School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, Washington D.C, 23 February, 2009).

21. "Trends of Real Income in Tiruchirapalli and the upper Kaveri Delta, 1819-1980: A Footnote in Honour of Dharma Kumar" Indian Economic and Social History Review Vol. 43, No. 3 (July-September, 2006), pp.349-364. http://www.tandfonline.com/action/verifyEmail?userId=675471&email=peter.mayer%40adelaide.edu.au&expiry=1410911135819&signature=801cdd8615b3e04bf537775853c7b682

22. "More Than Cricket: Multiple Dimensions of Australia's Relationship with India" Refereed Paper presented at the 17th Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia, Melbourne 1-4 July, 2008 (with Purnendra Jain) (http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/mai/asaa/proceedings.php#m).

23. "Is North India Violent Because it has an Excess of Males?" Refereed Paper presented at the 17th Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia, Melbourne 1-4 July, 2008 (http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/mai/asaa/proceedings.php#m).

24. 'The South Asian Arc of Instability: In Search of Explanations', Asia Reconstructed: Proceedings of the 16th Biennial Conference of the ASAA, 2006, Wollongong, Australia, 2006 (http://coombs.anu.edu.au/SpecialProj/ASAA/biennial-conference/2006/proceedings.html#M).

25. "Suicide in India" Asian Currents (June 2005) <http://coombs.anu.edu.au/SpecialProj/ASAA/asian-currents-archive/asian-currents-05-06.html>

26. "Modernization and the Male-Female Suicide Ratio in India 1967-1997: Divergence or Convergence?" Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior 34(2) (Summer, 2004) pp. 147-159 (with Della Steen).

27. "The Wider Value of Volunteering in South Australia" (2003) A Report Prepared for the Office for Volunteers, Department of Premier and Cabinet, Government of South Australia http://www.ofv.sa.gov.au/pdfs/mayer_report.pdf

28. "Patterns of Suicide by Age and Gender in the Indian States: A Reflection of Human Development?" Archives of Suicide Research , 7, (2003), pp.1-18 (with Della Steen).

29. " Female Equality and Suicide in the Indian States " Psychological Reports , 92, (2003), pp.1022-1028.

30. "Suicide, Gender and Age Variations in India: Are Women in Indian Society Protected from Suicide" Crisis Vol. 23, No.3, pp. 98-103 (2002) (with Tahereh Ziaian).

31. "Indian Suicide and Marriage: A Research Note" Journal of Comparative Family Studies Vol. XXXIII, No. 2 (Spring, 2002), pp. 297-305. (with Tahereh Ziaian)

32. " Human Development and Civic Community in India: Making Democracy Perform " Economic and Political Weekly Vol. XXXVI, No. 8 (24 February, 2001), pp. 684-692.

33. "Development, Gender Equality and Suicide Rates" Psychological Reports Vol. 87 (2000), pp. 367-372.

34. " India's Falling Sex Ratios " Population and Development Review Volume 25, No. 2 (June, 1999), pp. 323-343.

35. [with Piers Gillespie & Mona Girgis], " 'This Great Evil': Anticipating Political Obstacles to Development" Public Administration and Development Vol. 16, No. 5 (December, 1996) pp. 431-453.

36. [with Pal Ahluwalia], "Clash of Civilizations-Or the Balderdash of Scholars?," Asian Studies Review , Vol. 18, No. 1 (1994), pp. 21-30.

37. "Has India's Self-Sufficiency in Agriculture been Achieved at the Expense of Social Justice? Reflections on Recent Village Studies in Tamil Nadu," South Asia Bulletin , Vol. XII, No. 2 (Fall 1993), pp. 70-84.

38. "Inventing Village Tradition: The late 19th Century Origins of the north Indian `Jajmani System'," Modern Asian Studies , Vol. 27, Part 2 (1993), pp. 357-395.

    
    
    

Selected Institutional Research, Policy Papers and Commentary

1. “Modi’s High Stakes Gamble: How Will India’s Citizenship Act Play Out?” (with Mandar Oak) The Globe Post 30 December, 2019 https://theglobepost.com/2019/12/30/india-caa-gamble/

2. “The Modi Era: India’s Prime Minister Towers Over Party and Opponents” (with Mandar Oak) The Globe Post 30 May, 2019 https://theglobepost.com/2019/05/30/india-modi-era/

3. "Modi appeals to voters by putting on khaki and saffron"  (with Mandar Oak) East Asia Forum 11th April, 2019 https://www.eastasiaforum.org/?p=178000

4. "India adopts a national Goods and Services Tax … sort of" (with Mandar Oak) Asian Currents November, 2017 http://asaa.asn.au/india-adopts-national-goods-services-tax-sort/

5. “India’s ban on cow slaughter: appeasing the BJP Hindu base but scoring an economic own goal?”(with Mandar Oak) Asian Currents July, 2017 http://asaa.asn.au/indias-ban-cow-slaughter-appeasing-bjp-hindu-base-scoring-economic-goal/

6. “The Modi effect steamrolls New Delhi’s municipal elections” East Asia Forum 19th May, 2017 http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2017/05/19/the-modi-effect-steamrolls-new-delhis-municipal-elections/

7. “Jayalalithaa: death of a political mother goddess” Asian Currents 14 December, 2016 http://asaa.asn.au/jayalalithaa-death-political-mother-goddess/

8. “Mixed record calls Modi’s reform credentials into question” Asian Currents 17 September, 2016 http://asaa.asn.au/mixed-record-calls-modis-reform-credentials-into-question/

9. “The cockatoo and the chickpea” in Gretchen Miller (ed.) In Their Branches: Stories from ABC RN’s Trees Project (Sydney: HarperCollins Publishers Australia Pty Limited, 2015)

10. "The Emperor of India: Modi’s first year in office" Asian Currents 19 June 2015 http://asaablog.tumblr.com/post/121876431686/the-emperor-of-india-modis-first-year-in-office “Modi’s BJP no longer invincible” with Purnendra Jain East Asia Forum February 2015 http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2015/02/25/modis-bjp-no-longer-invincible/

11. “Delhi voters pick an unconventional winner” with Purnendra Jain East Asia Forum Vol. 6, No. 1. 14 January 2014 (http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2014/01/14/delhi-voters-pick-an-unconventional-winner/).

12. “Australia Elects a not-so Liberal Liberal Government” Extraordinary and Plentipotentiary: Diplomatist Vol. 1, No. 7 (October, 2013), pp. 16-17.

13. “Has NaMo Come in from the Cold? Extraordinary and Plentipotentiary: Diplomatist Vol. 1, No. 8 (November, 2013), pp. 29-30.

14. “Delhi voters pick an unconventional winner” with Purnendra Jain East Asia Forum Vol. 6, No. 1. 14 January 2014 (http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2014/01/14/delhi-voters-pick-an-unconventional-winner/).

15. “Too early for bets as India lumbers to a national election” Asian Currents, February, 2014 http://www.asaa.asn.au/publications/ac/2014/asian-currents-14-02.pdf

16. “Has NaMo Come in from the cold?” Extraordinary and Plentipotentiary Diplomatist November, 2013, pp. 29-30 http://www.diplomatist.com/dipom11y2013/story011.html

17. “Australia Elects a not-so liberal Liberal Government” The Diplomatist Vol. 1, No. 7 (October, 2013), pp. 16-7 http://diplomatist.com/printissue/index.html

18. "India gains its rightful place in the Asian century white paper" (with Purnendra Jain) The Conversation 29 October 2012 http://theconversation.edu.au/india-gains-its-rightful-place-in-the-asian-century-white-paper-10331

19. “Why Australia must not sell uranium to Pakistan” The Conversation 7/12/2011 http://theconversation.edu.au/why-australia-must-not-sell-uranium-to-pakistan-4589

20. “The Ayodhya Judgement: Good Politics, Bad History? Asian Currents October 2010 http://www.asaa.asn.au/publications/ac/2010/asian-currents-10-10.pdf

21. Upward Mobility and Social Capital: Building Advantage Through Volunteering (with Lou Wilson) (2006) Report prepared for the Office for Volunteers, Department of Premier and Cabinet, Government of South Australia http://www.ofv.sa.gov.au/pdfs/p_UPWARDMOBILITYANDSOCIAL CAPITAL.pdf

22. "The Wider Economic Value of Social Capital and Volunteering in South Australia" (2003) Report prepared for the Office for Volunteers, Department of Premier and Cabinet, Government of South Australia (http://www.ofv.sa.gov.au/pdfs/mayer_report.pdf)

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