Studies in Indian Politics

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Volume 6, issue 2, 2018

Editorial Note pp. vii-vii

Suhas Palshikar

Political Dynasticism: Networks, Trust, Risk pp. 157-167

Arild Engelsen Ruud and Kenneth Bo Nielsen

The State, Networks and Family Raj in Goa pp. 168-179

Parag D. Parobo

The Family Way: Manhood and Dabangai in the Making of a Dynasty in Uttar Pradesh pp. 180-195

Satendra Kumar

Parivar Raj (Rule of Family): The Role of Money and Force in the Making of Dynastic Authority pp. 196-208

Lucia Michelutti

The Osman Dynasty: The Making and Unmaking of a Political Family pp. 209-224

Arild Engelsen Ruud

Royal Dynasties, Political Representation and Positive Discrimination: A Comparison of Two Constituencies in Northwestern Odisha pp. 225-246

Uwe Skoda and Minaketan Bag

Concentric Clientelism: A Case Study of Rural Saharanpur pp. 247-266

Rajkamal Singh and Rahul Hemrajani

‘Is It Family or Politics?’ Reflections on Gender and the Modern Tamil Subjectivity Constitution in the Discourse of C. N. Annadurai pp. 267-281

G. Sujatha

From Jan Sunwai to Rajasthan Right to Hearing Act 2012: Fostering Transparency and Accountability through Citizen Engagement pp. 282-296

Vidhi Agrawal and Hari Nair

Beyond Quasi Federalism: Change and Continuity in Indian Federalism pp. 297-302

Balveer Arora and K. K. Kailash

Mapping Mediated Politics: Some Thoughts on the Indian Case pp. 303-309

Diya Mehra

Book Review: Chinnaiah Jangam, Dalits and the Making of Modern India, Sambaiah Gundimeda, Dalit Politics in Contemporary India and Hugo Gorringe, Panthers in Parliament Dalits, Caste and Political Power in South India pp. 310-314

Sudha Pai

Book Review: Manisha Priyam, Contested Politics of Educational Reform in India pp. 314-316

Radhika Menon

Book Review: Himanshu Roy, Mahendra Prasad Singh and A. P. S. Chauhan (eds.), State Politics in India pp. 316-317

John Harriss

Book Review: M. V. Nadkarni, N. Sivanna and Lavanya Suresh, Decentralised Democracy in India: Gandhi’s Vision and Reality pp. 317-319

E. Venkatesu

Volume 6, issue 1, 2018

Contradictions of Conservatism pp. 1-14

Sudipta Kaviraj

Lala Lajpat Rai’s Ideas on Caste: Conservative or Radical? pp. 15-26

Vanya Bhargav

The State as Guardian of the Social Order: Conservatism in Indian Political Thought and Its Modern Manifestations pp. 27-43

Pradeep Chhibber, Susan L. Ostermann and Rahul Verma

Conservative in Practice: The Transformation of the Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh pp. 44-59

Gilles Verniers

National Narrative and Regional Subtext: Understanding the Rise of BJP in Assam pp. 60-70

Vikas Tripathi, Tamasa Das and Sandhya Goswami

Does Higher Turnout Hurt Incumbents? An Analysis of State Elections in India pp. 71-87

Milan Vaishnav and Johnathan Guy

Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah of Kashmir, 1965–1975: From Externment to Enthronement pp. 88-102

Rakesh Ankit

Adivasis and the State Politics in Jharkhand pp. 103-116

Sujit Kumar

Policymaking in the Context of Contestations: GM Technology Debate in India pp. 117-131

Asheesh Navneet

Language Textbooks and Politically Active Citizenship: Assisting or Hindering the National Project? pp. 132-139

Kishore Darak

Mind the Gap?: Navigating the Quantitative and the Qualitative in Survey Research pp. 140-145

Ankur Datta and Divya Vaid

Book review: Milan Vaishnav, When Crime Pays: Money and Muscle in Indian Politics pp. 146-147

Gilles Verniers

Book review: Paul R. Brass, An Indian Political Life: Charan Singh and Congress Politics pp. 148-152

Prabhu Ghate

Book review: Gautam Bhan, In the Public’s Interest. Evictions, Citizenship and Inequality in Contemporary Delhi pp. 152-154

Lisa Björkman

Book review: Rahul Ramagundam, Including the Socially Excluded: India’s Experience with Caste, Gender and Poverty pp. 154-156

Navprit Kaur

Volume 5, issue 2, 2017

The Better Angels of Their Natures? The Declining Rate of Homicides against India’s Dalits pp. 159-180

Peter Mayer

The Associational Basis of Vanniyar Organizations in Tamil Nadu pp. 181-192

R. Saravana Raja

The Historical Legacy of Party System Stability in Kerala pp. 193-204

Balu Sunilraj and Oliver Heath

The Roots and Varieties of Political Conservatism in India pp. 205-217

Christophe Jaffrelot

Collective Conservatism and the Constituent Assembly Debates: The Case of Free Speech in India pp. 218-232

Malvika Maheshwari

The Political Economy of Economic Conservatism in India: From Moral Economy to Pro-business Nationalism pp. 233-247

Adnan Naseemullah

The Congress in Gujarat (1917–1969): Conservative Face of a Progressive Party pp. 248-261

Christophe Jaffrelot

Teaching Political Violence: Experiences from a South Asian Classroom pp. 262-268

Ankur Datta

Studying Indian Politics with Large-scale Data: Indian Election Data 1961–Today pp. 269-275

Francesca R. Jensenius and Gilles Verniers

Vote Choice of Indian Voters: Guided or Independent? pp. 276-285

Shreyas Sardesai and Vibha Attri

Book Review: James Manor, The Writings of James Manor: Politics and State–Society Relations in India pp. 286-287

Anusha

Book Review: Tarini Bedi, The Dashing Ladies of Shiv Sena: Political Matronage in Urbanizing India pp. 287-289

Garima Dhabhai

Book Review: Kanchan Chandra. (Ed.), Democratic Dynasties: State, Party and Family in Contemporary Indian Politics pp. 289-291

Ritambhara Malaviya

Book Review: Pranab Kumar Das (ed.), Decentralisation, Governance and Development: An Indian Perspective and Satyajit Singh, The Local in Governance: Politics, Decentralization and Environment pp. 291-293

Himadri Chatterjee

Book Review: Anuj Bhuwania, Courting the People: Public litigation in Post Emergency India pp. 293-295

Awadhendra Sharan

Book Review: Prerna Singh, How Solidarity Works for Welfare: Subnationalism and Social Development in India pp. 295-297

Satyajit Singh

Book Review: Achin Vanik, After the Bomb and Ali Ahmed, India’s Doctrine Puzzle—Limiting War in South Asia pp. 297-299

Rajiv Nayan

Alfred Stepan (1936–2017) pp. 300-301

K. K. Kailash

Volume 5, issue 1, 2017

Political Pressures and Bureaucratic Consequences: Vignettes of Janmabhoomi Implementation in Andhra Pradesh pp. 1-17

Kiran Konkipudi and Suraj Jacob

After Silent Revolution: Most Marginalized Dalits and Local Democracy in Uttar Pradesh, North India pp. 18-31

Satendra Kumar

Padayatras and the Changing Nature of Political Communication in India pp. 32-41

Radhika Kumar

Decentralized Governance and Devolution of Funds to the Panchayats in India: A Critical Analysis of Two States pp. 42-54

M. Gopinath Reddy and Bishnu Mohapatra

Understanding Ethnicity-based Autonomy Movements: A Study of Manipur pp. 55-66

Komol Singha

Doing Political Science Differently: Experiences from an Institute of Social Sciences pp. 67-72

Jagannath Ambagudia

Political Processes under the Microscope: Comparative Ethnography as an Approach to Understanding Democracy and Elections in India pp. 73-81

Manisha Priyam

Time of Vote Choice in India pp. 82-91

Shreyas Sardesai and Jyoti Mishra

Book Review: Hilal Ahmed, Muslim Political Discourse in Postcolonial India: Monuments, Memory, Contestation pp. 92-93

Christophe Jaffrelot

Book Review: Rajshree Chandra (ed.), The Cunning of Rights: Law, Life, Biocultural pp. 93-95

Hidam Premananda

Book Review: Rekha Chowdhary, Jammu and Kashmir: Politics of Identity and Separatism pp. 95-97

Sangit Kumar Ragi

Book Review: Tariq Thachil, Elite Parties, Poor Voters: How Social Services Win Votes in India pp. 97-99

Vibha Attri

Book Review: Sunil Khilnani, Vikram Raghavan and Arun K. Thiruvengadam (eds), Comparative Constitutionalism in South Asia, Maneesha Tikekar (ed.), Constitutionalism and Democracy in South Asia; Political Developments in India’s Neighbourhood and Mark Tushent and Madhav Khosla (eds), Unstable Constitutionalism: Law and Politics in South Asia pp. 99-102

Alisha Dhingra

Book Review: Paula Banerjee, Anasua Basu Ray Chaudhury and Atig Ghosh (eds), The State of Being Stateless: An Account of South Asia pp. 102-104

Ravi Sriramachandran

Assembly Elections 2014–2016 pp. 105-158

Vibha Attri and Himanshu Bhattacharya