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Volume 7, issue 2, 2019

About the Special Issue on 2019 Elections pp. vii-vii

K. C. Suri and Suhas Palshikar

The Rise of the Second Dominant Party System in India: BJP’s New Social Coalition in 2019 pp. 131-148

Pradeep Chhibber and Rahul Verma

Class and Caste in the 2019 Indian Election–Why Have So Many Poor Started Voting for Modi? pp. 149-160

Christophe Jaffrelot

The Religious Divide in Voting Preferences and Attitudes in the 2019 Election pp. 161-175

Shreyas Sardesai

The 2019 Indian Elections and the Ruralization of the BJP pp. 176-190

Diego Maiorano

Alliance Politics Amid the BJP’s Rise: More Continuity than Change in 2019 pp. 191-205

Adam Ziegfeld

The Modi Factor in the 2019 Lok Sabha Election: How Critical Was It to the BJP Victory? pp. 206-218

Sandeep Shastri

The BJP’s Welfare Schemes: Did They Make a Difference in the 2019 Elections? pp. 219-233

Rajeshwari Deshpande, Louise Tillin and K.K. Kailash

Social Change and the Changing Indian Voter: Consolidation of the BJP in India’s 2019 Lok Sabha Election pp. 234-246

K. C. Suri

The Spectral Presence of Business in India’s 2019 Election pp. 247-261

Aseema Sinha and Andrew Wyatt

Why Do We Need Election Studies in Political Science Classrooms? pp. 262-266

Rajeshwari Deshpande

Election Survey Questions and Possibilities pp. 267-273

Divya Vaid

Organizing a Victory: A Review Essay on the BJP’s 2014 Electoral Success pp. 274-280

Rajkamal Singh and Garima Goel

Book review: Devesh Kapur, Pratap Bhanu Mehta and Milan Vaishnav, eds. Rethinking Public Institutions in India pp. 281-283

Ajay K. Mehra

Book review: Devesh Kapur and Milan Vaishnav, eds. Costs of Democracy: Political Finance in India pp. 283-285

Anupama Roy

Book review: Tarangini Sriraman. In Pursuit of Proof pp. 285-287

Tariq Thachil

India’s 2019 Parliamentary Elections pp. 288-304

Himanshu Bhattacharya

Volume 7, issue 1, 2019

P. N. Haksar and Indira’s India: A Glimpse of the Domestic Sphere, 1967–1976 pp. 1-15

Rakesh Ankit

A Political Satire for All Times: Reading HÄ syÄ rṇava-prahasanaá¹ or the Ocean of Mirth of JagadÄ“Å›vara Bhaá¹­á¹­Ä chÄ rya pp. 16-32

Jyotirmaya Sharma

Muslim Politics in Assam: The Case of AIUDF pp. 33-43

Monoj Kumar Nath

Politics of Good Governance and Development in Maoist Affected Scheduled Areas in India: A Critical Engagement pp. 44-55

Anshuman Behera

Relationship Between the Spiritual and the Secular: Vivekananda, Gandhi and Radhakrishnan pp. 56-69

Vijendra Singh

Are Reserved Constituencies Dalit Centric? Experience from Uttar Pradesh pp. 70-82

Shilp Shikha Singh and Manjur Ali

Content Analysis of Digital Text and Its Applications pp. 83-89

Anustubh Agnihotri and Rahul Verma

Book review: Beatrice Jauregui, Provisional Authority: Police, Order, and Security in India pp. 90-91

Santana Khanikar

Book review: John Braithwaite and Bina D’Costa. Cascades of Violence: War, Crime and Peacebuilding across South Asia pp. 92-93

Shailza Singh

Book review: Rizwana Shamshad, Bangladeshi Migrants in India: Foreigners, Refugees, or Infiltrators? pp. 94-95

Akhil Ranjan Dutta

Book review: Santana Khanikar, State, Violence, and Legitimacy in India pp. 95-97

Sanjay (Xonzoi) Barbora

Book review: Zoya Hasan, Agitation to Legislation: Negotiating Equity and Justice in India pp. 97-99

Kamal Nayan Choubey

Assembly Elections 2017–2018 pp. 100-129

Vibha Attri and Himanshu Bhattacharya

Corrigendum pp. 130-130

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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