Studies in Indian Politics

2013 - 2024

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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

Volume 1, issue 2, 2013

Note from the Editors pp. vii-vii

Suhas Palshikar and K.C. Suri

India’s Nationhood: History as Contemporary Politics pp. 127-133

D.L. Sheth

The 2013 Karnataka Assembly Outcome: Government Performance and Party Organization Matters pp. 135-152

Sandeep Shastri

Making Sense of the House: Explaining the Decline of the Indian Parliament amidst Democratization pp. 153-177

Rahul Verma and Vikas Tripathi

Gross Violations of Duverger’s Law in India pp. 179-201

Peter Mayer

‘How Different Are Goa’s Politics?’ pp. 203-212

Arthur G. Rubinoff

Was the Delimitation Commission Unfair to Muslims? pp. 213-229

Francesca Refsum Jensenius

De-structuring Political Science pp. 231-234

Ajay Gudavarthy

National and Subnational Comparative Politics: Why, What and How pp. 235-240

Louise Tillin

Book Review: Security and Development in India’s Northeast, Confronting the State: ULFA’s Quest for Sovereignty and Perilous Journey: Debates on Security and Development in Assam pp. 241-244

Deepak K. Singh

Book Review: India’s Rights Revolution: Has it Worked for the Poor? pp. 244-246

Monica Sakhrani

Book Review: Democracy and Its Institutions pp. 246-248

Krishna Menon

Book Review: Corruption and Reform in India: Public Services in the Digital Age pp. 248-249

Irfan Nooruddin

Book Review: More than Maoism: Politics and Policies of Insurgency in South Asia and Ordinary People, Extraordinary Violence pp. 250-252

Rumela Sen

Book Review: Green and Saffron: Hindu Nationalism and Indian Environmental Politics pp. 252-253

Janaki Srinivasan

Book Review: Mobilizing Restraint: Democracy and Industrial Conflict in Post-reform South Asia pp. 253-255

Jolie M.F. Wood

Book Review: New Subjects and New Governance in India pp. 255-257

Ashutosh Kumar

Volume 1, issue 1, 2013

Introduction to the First Issue pp. vii-x

Suhas Palshikar and K.C. Suri

Rajni Kothari’s Career in Political Science pp. 1-5

Lloyd I. Rudolph and Susanne Hoeber Rudolph

Underestimating Rajni Kothari pp. 7-11

James Manor

The Enigma that is Politics in India pp. 13-20

Yogendra Yadav

Political Responses to Religious Diversity in Ancient and Modern India pp. 21-41

Rajeev Bhargava

How has Indian Federalism Done? pp. 43-63

Ashutosh Varshney

Politics of Governance: A Study of Gujarat pp. 65-77

Ghanshyam Shah

Gujarat Elections: The Sub-Text of Modi’s ‘Hattrick’—High Tech Populism and the ‘Neo-middle Class’ pp. 79-95

Christophe Jaffrelot

Political Science in India: Who Teaches What, to Whom and What for? pp. 97-101

Rajeshwari Deshpande

Perspectives on Methods in Political Science pp. 103-107

Divya Vaid

Book Review: The Oxford Companion to Politics in India pp. 109-111

K. K. Kailash

Book Review: India Since 1980 pp. 111-113

Milan Vaishnav

Book Review: Poverty Amid Plenty in the New India pp. 113-115

John Echeverri-Gent

Book Review: The Indian Ideology. Gurgaon: Three Essays Collective pp. 115-117

Ajay Gudavarthy

Book Review: Party System Change in South India: Political Entrepreneurs, Patterns and Processes pp. 117-119

Shailendra Kharat

Book Review: Red Tape: Bureaucracy, Structural Violence and Poverty in India pp. 119-120

Tarangini Sriraman

Book Review: Gender and Green Governance pp. 121-122

Carolyn Elliott

Book Review: Transnational Torture: Law, Violence, and State Power in the United States and India pp. 123-124

Rakesh Mehar

Book Review: Debating Difference: Group Rights and Liberal Democracy in India pp. 125-126

Rajeshwari Deshpande