Studies in Indian Politics

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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

Volume 2, issue 2, 2014

Indigenism in Contemporary IR Discourses in India: A Critique pp. 119-135

Atul Mishra

The BJP’s Fragile Mandate: Modi and Vote Mobilizers in the 2014 General Elections pp. 137-151

Pradeep K. Chhibber and Susan L. Ostermann

Understanding the Defeat of the BSP in Uttar Pradesh: National Election 2014 pp. 153-167

Sudha Pai

Seeking OBC Status: Political Strategies of Two Dominant Castes pp. 169-183

Rajeshwari Deshpande

Institutionalizing a Coalitional System and Games within Coalitions in India (1996–2014) pp. 185-202

K.K. Kailash

Electoral Politics in Madhya Pradesh: Explaining the BJP Consolidation pp. 203-214

Yatindra Singh Sisodia

Affirmative Action for Muslims? Arguments, Contentions and Alternatives pp. 215-229

Mohd. Sanjeer Alam

Critical Studies in Politics—An Introductory Note pp. 231-235

Aditya Nigam

The Promise of Ethnography for the Study of Politics pp. 237-242

Satendra Kumar

Book Review: Oliver Mendelsohn, Law and Social Transformation in India pp. 243-245

Anushka Singh

Book Review: Ajay K. Mehra (ed.), Party System in India: Emerging Trajectories pp. 245-247

Asha Sarangi

Book Review: David N. Gellner, ed., Borderland Lives in Northern South Asia pp. 247-249

Nasreen Chowdhory

Book Review: Maya Tudor, The Promise of Power: The Origins of Democracy in India and Autocracy in Pakistan pp. 249-251

David Gilmartin

Book Review: Shrikant Paranjpe, India’s Strategic Culture: The Making of National Security Policy and Chris Ogden, Hindu Nationalism and the Evolution of Contemporary Indian Security: Portents of Power pp. 251-253

Waheguru Pal Singh Sidhu

Book Review: Dayabati Roy, Rural Politics in India: Political Stratification and Governance in West Bengal pp. 253-255

Neelanjan Sircar

Book Review: Suryakant Waghmore, Civility against Caste: Dalit Politics and Citizenship in Western India pp. 255-257

Dishil Shrimankar

Obituary Hans Lofgren (1953–2014) pp. 259-260

K.C. Suri

Obituary Granville Austin: The Social Constitutionalist pp. 261-262

Ashutosh Kumar

Corrigendum pp. 263-263

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Volume 2, issue 1, 2014

Studying the Indian Legislature: What does Question Hour Reveal? pp. 1-19

Srikrishna Ayyangar and Suraj Jacob

Governing the Resource: A Study of the Institutions of Decentralized Forest Resource Management pp. 21-41

Lavanya Suresh

Civil Society’s Engagement with ULFA in Assam: A Historical Exploration pp. 43-54

Akhil Ranjan Dutta

On Civil Society, Again: Civil Society, State and Public Policy in South India pp. 55-66

Anil Kumar Vaddiraju

Changing Risk for Landless Populations: How Structural Transformation Influences Communist Success in Rural India pp. 67-80

Triveni Gandhi

Return of the ‘National’ in Indian Elections: When do National-level Factors Play a Role in Influencing the Outcomes of State Assembly Elections? pp. 81-97

Rahul Verma, Jyoti Mishra, Shreyas Sardesai and Sanjay Kumar

Syllabi and Textbooks of Political Science: Three Notes pp. 99-104

Shailendra Kharat, Mirza Asmer Beg and Gauri Kopardekar

Making Surveys Work Better: Experiments in Public Opinion Research pp. 105-108

Irfan Nooruddin

Book Review: Achin Vanaik, ed., ICSSR Research Surveys and Explorations: Political Science pp. 109-111

Aparna Devare

Book Review: Jagdish Bhagwati and Arvind Panagariya, eds, Why Growth Matters: How Economic Growth in India Reduced Poverty and the Lessons for other Developing Countries and Jean Dreze and Amartya Sen, eds, An Uncertain Glory: India and Its Contradictions pp. 111-114

Rob Jenkins

Book Review: Ajay Gudvarthy, ed., Reframing Democracy and Agency in India: Interrogating Political Society and Ajay Gudavarthy, ed., Politics of Post-Civil Society: Contemporary History of Political Movements in India pp. 114-117

Ankita Pandey