Studies in Indian Politics

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Volume 4, issue 2, 2016

Editorial pp. vii-vii

Suhas Palshikar

Ambedkar’s Framing of the ‘Political’ within Ethical Practice pp. 143-158

Rajeev Kadambi

Women Police in the City of Delhi: Gender Hierarchies, ‘Pariah Femininities’ and the Politics of Presence pp. 159-177

Santana Khanikar

Spurn Thy Neighbour: The Politics of Indigeneity in Manipur pp. 178-190

Thongkholal Haokip

Disputed Waters: India, Pakistan and the Transboundary Rivers pp. 191-205

Amit Ranjan

Health Movement and Civil Society Activism: An Interface of Overlap and Exclusion pp. 206-217

Skylab Sahu

Quota for Patels? The Neo-middle-class Syndrome and the (partial) Return of Caste Politics in Gujarat pp. 218-232

Christophe Jaffrelot

What Does the International Mean? IR’s Deep Ontology and the Promise It Holds pp. 233-240

Atul Mishra

Design-based Approach in Social Science Research pp. 241-248

Anustubh Agnihotri and Rahul Verma

Book Review: Louise Tillin, Rajeshwari Deshpande and K.K. Kailash (eds), Politics of Welfare: Comparisons across Indian States pp. 249-250

Ajit Phadnis

Book Review: Manish K. Jha and Pushpendra (eds), Traversing Bihar: The Politics of Development and Social Justice pp. 251-252

Jeffrey Witsoe

Book Review: Sanjay Ruparelia, Divided We Govern: Coalition Politics in Modern India pp. 252-253

Mona G. Mehta

Book Review: Anastasia Piliavsky (ed.), Patronage as Politics in South Asia pp. 254-256

Rahul Verma

Book Review: Samir Kumar Das (ed.), India: Democracy and Violence pp. 256-258

Ngoru Nixon

Book Review: K.S. Subramanian, State, Policy and Conflicts in Northeast India pp. 258-259

Akhil Ranjan Dutta

‘Persistent Centrism’ and Its Explanations pp. 260-265

Ujjwal Kumar Singh and Anupama Roy

A Distinctive Indian Political Economy: New Concepts and a Synthesizing Framework pp. 266-273

Aseema Sinha

Lloyd and Susanne Rudolph: In Memoriam pp. 274-279

Asha Sarangi

Volume 4, issue 1, 2016

Editorial pp. vii-vii

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Democracy, Governance and Political Parties in India: An Introduction pp. 1-7

K.C. Suri, Carolyn Elliott and David Hundt

India’s States: The Struggle to Govern pp. 8-21

James Manor

Clientelism and the Democratic Deficit pp. 22-36

Carolyn Elliott

Politics as Business: An Analysis of the Political Parties in Contemporary India pp. 37-48

Prakash Sarangi

Dalit Parties and the Dilemmas of Democratization in Tamil Nadu pp. 49-62

Hugo Gorringe

Federal Coalitions in India: Strategic Calculations and Revolving-door Partners pp. 63-76

K.K. Kailash and Balveer Arora

Mass Politics and Institutional Restraint: Political Parties and the Election Commission of India pp. 77-89

Manjari Katju

Encapsulation without Integration? Electoral Democracy and the Ambivalent Moderation of Hindu Nationalism in India pp. 90-101

Subrata K. Mitra

The Communist Party of India (Marxist) and the Left Government in West Bengal, 1977–2011: Strains of Governance and Socialist Imagination pp. 102-115

Hans Löfgren

Shodharthy: An Initiative towards Empowering Indian Language Students pp. 116-118

A.K. Verma

Political Ethnography as a Method for Understanding Urban Politics and Elections in India pp. 119-127

Manisha Priyam

Book Review: Jyotirmaya Tripathy and Sudarsan Padmanabhan (eds), The Democratic Predicament: Cultural Diversity in Europe and India pp. 128-130

Mithilesh Kumar Jha

Book Review: Sharachchandra Lele and Ajit Menon (eds), Democratizing Forest Governance in India pp. 130-132

Kamal Nayan Choubey

Book Review: A. Vinod Kumar, India and the Nuclear Non-proliferation Regime: The Perennial Outlier pp. 132-134

Rudra Chaudhuri

Book Review: Arjun Guneratne and Anita M. Weiss (eds), Pathways to Power: The Domestic Politics of South Asia pp. 134-135

Mark Schneider

Book Review: Paul Wallace (ed.), India’s 2014 Elections: A Modi-led BJP Sweep pp. 136-137

Pranav Gupta

Susanne Hoeber Rudolph (1930–2015), Lloyd I. Rudolph (1927–2016): A Personal Tribute pp. 138-142

Philip Oldenburg

Volume 3, issue 2, 2015

Jayaprakash Narayan, Indian National Congress and Party Politics, 1934–1954 pp. 149-163

Rakesh Ankit

Democratic Processes in the Context of Separatism and Political Divergence: An Analysis of 2014 Assembly Elections in Jammu and Kashmir pp. 164-178

Rekha Chowdhary

Candidate Caste Effects in Uttar Pradesh Elections pp. 179-197

Shikhar Singh

India’s Look East Policy: Prospects and Challenges for Northeast India pp. 198-211

Thongkholal Haokip

India’s Digital Poll Battle: Political Parties and Social Media in the 16th Lok Sabha Elections pp. 212-228

Neena Talwar Kanungo

Towards a Comparative Subnational Perspective on India pp. 229-246

Suraj Jacob

The Public Life of a ‘Progressive’ Law: PESA and Gaon Ganarajya (Village Republic) pp. 247-259

Kamal Nayan Choubey

Unpacking Public Preference for Increasing Defence Expenditure in India pp. 260-276

Pooja Bakshi

Framing the North-East in Indian Politics: Beyond the Integration Framework pp. 277-283

Kham Khan Suan Hausing

Ethical Dilemmas of the Encounter: Ethnography, Fieldwork and Political Violence pp. 284-289

Ankur Datta

Book Review: M. Madhava Prasad, Cine-Politics: Film Stars and Political Existence in South India pp. 290-291

Rajan Krishnan

Book Review: B.L. Shankar and Valerian Roderigues. The Indian Parliament: A Democracy at Work and Sudha Pai and Avinash Kumar (Eds). The Indian Parliament: A Critical Appraisal pp. 291-294

Ajay K. Mehra

Book Review: Sandy Gordon, India’s Rise as an Asian Power: Nation, Neighborhood, and Region pp. 294-296

Srinath Raghavan

Book Review: Ajay Gudavarthy, Maoism, Democracy and Globalisation: Cross-currents in Indian Politics pp. 296-298

Om Prakash

How to (Not) Study Muslim Electoral Responses? pp. 299-304

Hilal Ahmed

Volume 3, issue 1, 2015

Editorial Note pp. vii-vii

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Rajni Kothari: In Memoriam pp. 1-4

Suhas Palshikar and K.C. Suri

Explaining the 2014 Lok Sabha Elections: Introduction pp. 5-6

Christophe Jaffrelot

Changing Patterns of Women’s Turnout in Indian Elections pp. 7-18

Sanjay Kumar and Pranav Gupta

The Class Element in the 2014 Indian Election and the BJP’s Success with Special Reference to the Hindi Belt pp. 19-38

Christophe Jaffrelot

The Impact of Urbanization on the Electoral Results of the 2014 Indian Elections: With Special Reference to the BJP Vote pp. 39-49

Christophe Jaffrelot and Sanjay Kumar

The Rise of the Bharatiya Janata Party in West Bengal pp. 50-68

Pralay Kanungo

General Election 2014: Will BJP’s Gains Polarize Assam Further? pp. 69-80

Smitana Saikia

How Do Muslims Vote? Case of Seemanchal 2014 Parliamentary Elections pp. 81-93

Manindra Nath Thakur

Electing the Ruling Party and the Opposition: Voter Deliberations from Sangam Vihar, Delhi, Lok Sabha Elections 2014 pp. 94-110

Manisha Priyam

Understanding Urban–Rural Patterns of BJP Campaigning in UP (Lok Sabha Elections 2014) pp. 111-123

Siddhartha Mukerji

Engendering Political Science in the Classroom pp. 124-127

Shefali Jha

Scaling Up: Beyond the Subnational Comparative Method for India pp. 128-133

Aseema Sinha

Book Review: Suhas Palshikar, K.C. Suri and Yogendra Yadav, eds, Party Competition in Indian States pp. 134-136

Amitabh Dubey

Book Review: Rob Jenkins, Loraine Kennedy and Partha Mukhopadhyay, eds, Power, Protest and India’s Special Economic Zones pp. 136-139

Aseema Sinha

Book Review: Mukulika Banerjee. Why India Votes? pp. 139-140

Gilles Verniers

Book Review: Manindra Nath Thakur and Dhananjay Rai, eds, Democracy on the Move? Reflections on Moments, Promises and Contradictions pp. 140-142

Harsh Sethi

Book Review: Kuldeep Mathur, Public Policy and Politics in India: How Institutions Matter pp. 142-143

Jyoti Mishra

Book Review: Uddipana Goswami, Conflict and Reconciliation: The Politics of Ethnicity in Assam pp. 143-145

Santana Khanikar

Book Review: Louise Tillin, Remapping India: New States and Their Political Origins pp. 145-147

Rekha Saxena