State Politics in Contemporary India

Conundrums and Possibilities
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-041-04432-1
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 284 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

This volume examines Indian states as analytical units, culminating in a comprehensive socio-political study of the country as a whole. The state-specific essays underline the federal context in which politics in India unfolds at the ground level.

Employing a federalist and centrist analytical prism, this book aims to add to the existing body of work on state politics, with a particular focus on India in the last decade, which has shown visible shifts in political terms. It delineates the narratives and trends in politics at the state level and explores the range of issues and actors involved in it. It shows the myriad complex, overlapping and multidimensional ways in which politics unfold at the state level and goes on to make a national impact.

The volume will be indispensable to scholars and researchers of South Asian politics, federalism and contemporary India.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kumar, Ashutosh

Singh Sisodia, Yatindra

Chattopadhyay, Pratip

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Historische & Regionale Volkskunde
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Kommunal-, Regional-, und Landespolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Politische Propaganda & Kampagnen, Politik & Medien
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Wahlen und Volksabstimmungen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface

1.  State Politics in Contemporary India: An Introduction  PART- I: CHANGING NATIONAL PERSPECTIVE  2. Politics in the Indian States: A Comparative Perspective  3. Studying State-Level Politics in India: Reading the Literature  4. Geography of Electoral Support: The BJP and Congress Over Time  PART- II: CONTEXT AND CONTEST OF STATE POLITICS  5. State Politics, Governance and Raj Dharma: Reading the Ancient Texts  6. Union Territories in Indian Federation: Architype of Constitutional Asymmetry  7. The Office of Governor in India's Federal Polity: A Comparative Study of UPA and NDA Regimes (2004-2024)  8. Constitutional Silences and Centre-State Relations: Can Governor’s Assent to Bills be Withheld?  9. India’s Muslims and Federal Democracy  10. Strong Central Command: Changing Contours of State Politics of BJP  11. Navigating Development: A Study of Welfare Models of BJP, AAP and TMC  12. Economics of State Politics: Exploring Conundrums of Contest and Development with special reference to Madhya Pradesh  PART- III: PERSPECTIVE OF STATE POLITICS FROM NORTHERN AND WESTERN STATES  13. BJP's Madhya Pradesh Odyssey: Politics, Development, and Governance (2003-2023)  14. Investigating a Mutual Influence between Political Parties and Women Voters: A Study of Post-2012 Assembly Elections in Uttar Pradesh 15. Changing Dynamics of Haryana Politics: The 2014 Lok Sabha Elections and Beyond  16. The Political Significance of Tribal Political Parties in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh: Comparative Study of the Post-2018 Period  PART- IV: PERSPECTIVE OF STATE POLITICS FROM SOUTHERN AND EASTERN STATES  17. Electoral Politics, Dominant Castes and Social Deficit of Democracy in the Two Telugu States: A Retrospective Analysis  18. Politics in West Bengal: The Riddle of Caste Linkages  19. From Ethnic Politics to Recasting Hindu Civilisation: The Political Leadership of Himanta Biswa Sarma in Assam

Über Autor(innen)

Yatindra Singh Sisodia is Professor and Director at Madhya Pradesh Institute of Social Science Research, Ujjain (An ICSSR Institute). His areas of research interest are democracy, decentralised governance, electoral politics, tribal issues, and developmental issues. He has been conferred with the Professor G. Ram Reddy Social Scientist Award (2017). He has authored/edited 23 books, including “Electoral Narratives of Democracy and Governance in Contemporary India” (edited with Pratip Chattopadhyay) Routledge (2025), “Political Communication in Contemporary India” (edited with Pratip Chattopadhyaya) Routledge (2023), “Electoral Dynamics in the States of India”, (edited with Sandeep Shastri, Ashutosh Kumar) Routledge (2021), “How India Votes” (edited with Ashutosh Kumar) (OBS, 2019). He is the Editor of two UGC-CARE-listed Journals, Madhya Pradesh Journal of Social Sciences and Madhya Pradesh Samajik Vigyan Anushandhan Journal. He has extensively written in refereed journals and participated in academic events. He has completed various government-funded research projects for various central ministries, state ministries, and organisations like ICSSR, Planning Commission, and ISRO. He has made academic visits to the USA under IVLP, the UK, South Korea, Malaysia, Dubai, and Bangladesh.

Ashutosh Kumar is a professor of Political Science at Panjab University, Chandigarh, India. He was Dr. T. N. Seshan Chair Professor (visiting), India International Institute of Democracy and Election Management, Election Commission of India during 2022-2023. His areas of specialisation include electoral and federal dynamics in Indian states. His research papers have been published in national and international journals such as India Review, South Asia Research, Asian Ethnicity, Journal of Asian and African Studies, Economic and Political Weekly, Studies in Indian Politics, and Seminar. He has also authored and edited books related to Election Studies in India with a focus on states.

Pratip Chattopadhyay is an Associate Professor and Head at the Department of Political Science, University of Kalyani, Nadia, West Bengal. He obtained his PhD from the University of Calcutta on the position of Marxist political parties on Indian foreign policy (1991-2009). He was an Associate of UGC-IUS at IIAS Shimla from 2014-16 and Executive Committee Member West Bengal Political Science Association from 2013. He has authored/edited “Electoral Narratives of Democracy and Governance in Contemporary India” (edited with Yatindra Singh Sisodia) Routledge (2025), “Political Communication in Contemporary India” (edited with Yatindra Singh Sisodia) Routledge (2023) and “Domestic Roots of Indian Foreign Policy: Experiences of Marxist Political Parties in UF (1996-98) and UPA (2004-08) Government”. He has published over 60 articles in journals like India Review, Indian Journal of Public Administration, South Asia Survey, Critique etc. and has made presentations at national and international conferences in India and abroad (Canada and Bangladesh).