Sudha Pai
Biographic Data
| ID | 1380523 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sudha Pai |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sudha |
| FAMILY NAME | Pai |
| SIGNATURE | PAI S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Jawaharlal Nehru University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 27 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1987 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Politics of Representation
Paul R. Brass
Dalit Question and Communalism in Uttar Pradesh in the 2000s
After widespread violent riots following the Ram Janma Bhoomi Babri Masjid (RJBBM) Movement and the destruction of the Babri Masjid in December 1992, there were no major riots in Uttar Pradesh (UP) in the second half of the 1990s. Political parties, including the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), attempted to use the Ram Mandir issue during elections in the late 1990s but did not get a response. However, during the 2000s, the state witnessed a new ‘s…
Understanding the Defeat of the BSP in Uttar Pradesh
The failure of the Bahujan Samaj Party to win a single Lok Sabha seat from Uttar Pradesh in the 2014 general elections, the only state in India, where the party had earlier secured power, came as a shocking surprise to many. Most analyses of the results claimed that the party lost because its core support base among the Dalits, and particularly, among the Jatav community, had drifted away from it. The article argues that while it is true that sup…
New Social Engineering Agenda of the Bahujan Samaj Party
The ‘Dalit question’,1 that is, the removal of discrimination, socio-economic improvement and share in political power for the lower castes, has always been at the centre of Indian politics. But re
Marx Is a Must
Democratic governance in India
PART ONE: GOVERNANCE, POVERTY AND DEVELOPMENT Introduction - Niraja Gopal Jayal and Sudha Pai The State, Poverty and Development in India - Utsa Patnaik and Prabhat Patnaik Political Authority, Public Deliberation and the Politics of Poverty Reduction - Bob Currie Strengthening Bureaucracy - Kuldeep Mathur State and Development in India Niraja Gopal Jayal Reinventing the State The Emergence of Alternative Models of Governance in India in the 1990…
New social and political movements of dalits
This study, based upon fieldwork in selected villages, examines 'new'forms of dalit asser tion in Meerut district. Despite a long history of dalit assertion, the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has not been electorally successful in this region, and has had to compete with the Samajwadi Party. Dalit assertion here has taken different forms, as much socio-cultural as political. Two forms analysed here are the desire for education to compete with upper c…
The Indian Party System under Transformation
Transformation of the Indian Party System
Class, Gender and Agrarian Change
New social and political movements of dalits
This study, based upon fieldwork in selected villages, examines 'new'forms of dalit asser tion in Meerut district. Despite a long history of dalit assertion, the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has not been electorally successful in this region, and has had to compete with the Samajwadi Party. Dalit assertion here has taken different forms, as much socio-cultural as political. Two forms analysed here are the desire for education to compete with upper c…
Understanding the Defeat of the BSP in Uttar Pradesh
The failure of the Bahujan Samaj Party to win a single Lok Sabha seat from Uttar Pradesh in the 2014 general elections, the only state in India, where the party had earlier secured power, came as a shocking surprise to many. Most analyses of the results claimed that the party lost because its core support base among the Dalits, and particularly, among the Jatav community, had drifted away from it. The article argues that while it is true that sup…
New Social Engineering Agenda of the Bahujan Samaj Party
The ‘Dalit question’,1 that is, the removal of discrimination, socio-economic improvement and share in political power for the lower castes, has always been at the centre of Indian politics. But re
Transformation of the Indian Party System
Class, Gender and Agrarian Change
Dalit Question and Communalism in Uttar Pradesh in the 2000s
After widespread violent riots following the Ram Janma Bhoomi Babri Masjid (RJBBM) Movement and the destruction of the Babri Masjid in December 1992, there were no major riots in Uttar Pradesh (UP) in the second half of the 1990s. Political parties, including the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), attempted to use the Ram Mandir issue during elections in the late 1990s but did not get a response. However, during the 2000s, the state witnessed a new ‘s…
Marx Is a Must
The Indian Party System under Transformation
Class, Gender and Agrarian Change
Transformation of the Indian Party System
The Indian Party System under Transformation
New social and political movements of dalits
This study, based upon fieldwork in selected villages, examines 'new'forms of dalit asser tion in Meerut district. Despite a long history of dalit assertion, the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has not been electorally successful in this region, and has had to compete with the Samajwadi Party. Dalit assertion here has taken different forms, as much socio-cultural as political. Two forms analysed here are the desire for education to compete with upper c…
Democratic governance in India
PART ONE: GOVERNANCE, POVERTY AND DEVELOPMENT Introduction - Niraja Gopal Jayal and Sudha Pai The State, Poverty and Development in India - Utsa Patnaik and Prabhat Patnaik Political Authority, Public Deliberation and the Politics of Poverty Reduction - Bob Currie Strengthening Bureaucracy - Kuldeep Mathur State and Development in India Niraja Gopal Jayal Reinventing the State The Emergence of Alternative Models of Governance in India in the 1990…
Marx Is a Must
New Social Engineering Agenda of the Bahujan Samaj Party
The ‘Dalit question’,1 that is, the removal of discrimination, socio-economic improvement and share in political power for the lower castes, has always been at the centre of Indian politics. But re
Understanding the Defeat of the BSP in Uttar Pradesh
The failure of the Bahujan Samaj Party to win a single Lok Sabha seat from Uttar Pradesh in the 2014 general elections, the only state in India, where the party had earlier secured power, came as a shocking surprise to many. Most analyses of the results claimed that the party lost because its core support base among the Dalits, and particularly, among the Jatav community, had drifted away from it. The article argues that while it is true that sup…
Dalit Question and Communalism in Uttar Pradesh in the 2000s
After widespread violent riots following the Ram Janma Bhoomi Babri Masjid (RJBBM) Movement and the destruction of the Babri Masjid in December 1992, there were no major riots in Uttar Pradesh (UP) in the second half of the 1990s. Political parties, including the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), attempted to use the Ram Mandir issue during elections in the late 1990s but did not get a response. However, during the 2000s, the state witnessed a new ‘s…
Politics of Representation
Paul R. Brass
Political science (11 works) · Law (7 works) · Politics (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · South Asian Studies and Conflicts (6 works) · Law (5 works) · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies (5 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Political economy (3 works) · South Asian Studies and Diaspora (3 works)