Directory of Research and Expertise

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Research Summary and Profile

Research interests:

Contemporary History, Globalization & Development, Human rights, Local Government, Modern History , Political Institutions

Regions:

Africa, Asia, South America

Summary of research interests and expertise:

Politics, development and state-society relations in less developed countries; contemporary South Asia (especially India); decentralisation; elections; politicians, political institutions and poverty

Publication Details

Related publications/articles:

Date	Details
01-Nov-2015	The Politics of Social Protection: The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh Chapters  in L.Tillin, R. Deshpande and K.K. Kailash (eds.) Politics of Welfare: Comparisons across Indian States (Oxford University Press, Delhi, 2015) pp. 168-99.
01-Sep-2015	“India: The Struggle to Regenerate Democracy” Chapters in W.P.Shiveley and P. Kurzer (eds.) Comparative Governance (McGraw Hill, New York, 2015).
01-Sep-2015	As Hierarchies Wane: Explaining Inter-Caste Accommodation in Rural India Chapters in C. Bates, A. Tanabe and S. Das (eds.) Human and International Security in India since 1947 (Routledge, London and New Delhi, 2015).
05-May-2015	An Odisha Landslide Buries both National Parties: Assessing the State and Parliamentary Elections of 2014 Chapters Contemporary South Asia (June 2015) pp. 198-210. DOI:10.1080/09584935.2015.1019426
01-Sep-2014	Key Issues in the Study of State Politics in India Papers in J. Schottli (ed.) Politics in South Asia: Culture, Rationality and Conceptual Flow (Springer, Heidelberg, 2014).
01-Sep-2014	Foreword Review in H.K. Nagarajan, H.P. Binswanger-Mkhize and S.S. Meenakshisundaram, Decentralization and Empowerment for Rural Development (Cambridge University Press, New Delhi, 2014
01-Jul-2011	Against the Odds: Politicians, Institutions and the Struggle against Poverty with N. Ng'ethe and M. Melo
01-Jan-2010	"Prologue" to a new edition of: Rajni Kothari (ed.) Caste in Indian Politics. Orient Blackswan (Longmans), New Delhi and London. This was a major undertaking -- to summarise changes in Indian politics and in the caste system over the last 25 years, and to analyse the interplay of these two things. This volume is THE classic text on the topic, so it was worth doing.
01-Jan-2010	"Local Government" in N. Jayal and P.B. Mehta (eds.) The Oxford Companion to Indian Politics Oxford University Press, Delhi and London
01-Jan-2010	"Beyond Clientelism" in A.E. Ruud and P. Price (eds.) Leaders and Politics in South Asia Routledge, London and New Delhi
01-Nov-2009	Broadening and Deepening Democracy: Political Innovation in Karnataka Routledge, London and New Delhi
01-Jan-2007	'Aid that Works: Successful Development in Fragile States' World Bank, Washington

Publications available on SAS-space:

Date	Details
Mar-2012	As Western Governments squeeze public services, the BRICs expand them: new efforts to tackle poverty and inequality in Brazil, South Africa, India and China NonPeerReviewed
Oct-2011	To Sustain the Commonwealth Commitment to Human Dignity: Reconsider the Award of the 2013 CHOGM to Sri Lanka PeerReviewed
	The Declining Power of Caste Hierarchies and Abram de Swaan's Concept of a "Social Consciousness" NonPeerReviewed
	The Implications of the Declining Power of Caste Hierarchies in Rural India: Issues for the Shimla Conference NonPeerReviewed
	Interview with K Shankar Bajpai: Commonwealth Oral History Project NonPeerReviewed Interview with K Shankar Bajpai, conducted 13th June 2013 in New Delhi as part of the Commonwealth Oral History Project. The project aims to produce a unique digital research resource on the oral history of the Commonwealth since 1965 through sixty oral history interviews with leading figures in the recent history of the organisation. It will provide an essential research tool for anyone investigating the history of the Commonwealth and will serve to promote interest in and understanding of the organisation. Biography: Bajpai, K Shankar. 1928- . Born in Jaipur, India. Educated at Merton College, Oxford, and Ecole des Hautes Etudes Universitaire, Geneva. Joined Indian Foreign Service in 1952, serving in Germany, Turkey and Pakistan. Consul General, United States West of the Mississippi, 1967-70. Government of India’s Representative in Sikkim, 1970-74. Ambassador to the Netherlands, 1975. High Commissioner to Pakistan, 1976-80. Ambassador to China, 1980-82. Secretary of the Ministry of External Affairs, 1982-83. Ambassador to the United States, 1984-86. Co-founder (in 1994) and Chairman, Delhi Policy Group. Visiting Appointments at the University of California (1987-92), Brandeis University (1992-93), and Stanford University (2002).

Additional Publications

Publications available in Senate House Libraries

Research Projects & Supervisions

Research projects:

Details
A Research Partnership between the School of Advanced Study, University of London, the Indian Institute of Advanced Study, and Yale University Institute of Commonwealth Studies Project period: 01-May-2012 - 28-Feb-2015 Research interests: Academic Support
Expanding, Not Shrinking Social Programmes: The Politics of New Policies to Tackle Poverty and Inequality in Brazil, India, China and South Africa Institute of Commonwealth Studies Project period: 01-Oct-2012 - 30-Sep-2015 Research interests: Contemporary History, Globalization & Development, Local Government, Political Institutions, Social Sciences
Expanding Not Shrinking Social Programmes: Brazil, India, China, South Africa This is a three-year ESRC funded research project (from 1 October 2012), with an 18-member international team which I am coordinating. We focus on the political and policy processes which have led governments in these four countries since about 2002 to increase efforts to tackle poverty and inequality -- and the implications of this trend.
Implications of the Declining Power of Caste Hierarchies in Rural India This project, funded by the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation in New York, focuses on the implications for power dynamics of the declining power of caste hierarchies over rural dwellers' thinking and action. This is one of the most important changes to occur in India since independence in 1947, but very few scholars have analysed its implications.

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