The Efficiency Trap: India’s State Capacity and Technology in Times of Democratic Backsliding with Yamini Aiyar

Yamini Aiyar interrogates the centrality of efficiency as the primary value proposition of "capacity," through the narratives of India's frontline state officers. She explores the deployment of technology as a means of disciplining and monitoring state actors, particularly in schools, and relates this to dynamics in democratic backsliding in the country.