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'Show me the evidence': Mobilisation, citizenship and risk in Indian asbestos issues

Waldman, Linda

This paper describes how asbestos has been considered a tool for Indian economic growth and explores the debate around its use.  Research focuses on anti-asbestos mobilisation and argues that the state's definition of asbestos diseases enables it to document its lack among Indian workers. Grassroots asbestos movements are more worker-oriented and marginalised. The paper argues that mobilisation creates situations in which activists are both connected and distant to aspects of the mobilisation process.