Suhas Palshikar
Biographic Data
| ID | 3686838 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Suhas Palshikar |
| GIVEN NAMES | Suhas |
| FAMILY NAME | Palshikar |
| SIGNATURE | PALSHIKAR S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Savitribai Phule Pune University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 27 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Understanding India’s 18th Lok Sabha Election Outcome
Introduction to Special Section: The Indian Voter
Caste, Class and Vote: Consolidation of the Privileged and Dispersal of Underprivileged
This article attempts to examine the combined impact of caste and class on voting choices. By using data from National Election Studies conducted by Lokniti from 1996 to 2019, the article seeks to situate the findings in the larger temporal frame of a quarter of a century. This allows us to also examine if changing patterns of party competition affect the impact of caste–class combined. The article argues that two patterns emerge: one is the cons…
Obituary
The expanding role of majoritarianism in India
This article aims to explain the concept of majoritarianism that is currently commonly used in the context of Indian politics. It also attempts to make sense of available empirical data that suggests a considerable presence of majoritarianism in India and, on that basis, discusses the implications of the diffuse nature of the majoritarian tendency. The paper argues that the diffuse nature of majoritarianism portends the possibility of democratic …
About the Special Issue on 2019 Elections
Indian Democracy
Who Is Delhi’s Common Man
The Aam Aadmi Party emerged from mass anti-corruption protests to sweep the board in regional elections for India’s capital city. Can its rule in Delhi open up space for popular mobilization on the national stage, challenging the rise of communalism, or will the party be sucked into humdrum parliamentary routines
The BJP and Hindu Nationalism: Centrist Politics and Majoritarian Impulses
Will the BJP pursue its Hindutva ideology while in power or will it now gradually become a 'centrist' party? Responding to this question, the present paper argues that the possibility that it would transform into a centrist party is rather dim for four reasons: 1) the mixing of Hindutva identity with the development agenda during the national election campaign in 2014; 2) the mild and covert pursuit of Hindutva by both party and government; 3) th…
Rajni Kothari: In Memoriam
Introduction to the First Issue
The Democracy Barometers (Part II): Surveying South Asia
Most South Asians believe that democracy is suitable for their country and prefer democracy over authoritarianism. While support for the institutional form of democracy is determined by access to education, media exposure, the experience of living under democratic conditions, support for the idea of democracy cuts across social barriers. The more active one is in politics, the more likely one is to support democracy; and the higher the degree of …
The BJP and Hindu Nationalism: Centrist Politics and Majoritarian Impulses
Will the BJP pursue its Hindutva ideology while in power or will it now gradually become a 'centrist' party? Responding to this question, the present paper argues that the possibility that it would transform into a centrist party is rather dim for four reasons: 1) the mixing of Hindutva identity with the development agenda during the national election campaign in 2014; 2) the mild and covert pursuit of Hindutva by both party and government; 3) th…
The expanding role of majoritarianism in India
This article aims to explain the concept of majoritarianism that is currently commonly used in the context of Indian politics. It also attempts to make sense of available empirical data that suggests a considerable presence of majoritarianism in India and, on that basis, discusses the implications of the diffuse nature of the majoritarian tendency. The paper argues that the diffuse nature of majoritarianism portends the possibility of democratic …
Caste, Class and Vote: Consolidation of the Privileged and Dispersal of Underprivileged
This article attempts to examine the combined impact of caste and class on voting choices. By using data from National Election Studies conducted by Lokniti from 1996 to 2019, the article seeks to situate the findings in the larger temporal frame of a quarter of a century. This allows us to also examine if changing patterns of party competition affect the impact of caste–class combined. The article argues that two patterns emerge: one is the cons…
The Democracy Barometers (Part II): Surveying South Asia
Most South Asians believe that democracy is suitable for their country and prefer democracy over authoritarianism. While support for the institutional form of democracy is determined by access to education, media exposure, the experience of living under democratic conditions, support for the idea of democracy cuts across social barriers. The more active one is in politics, the more likely one is to support democracy; and the higher the degree of …
Understanding India’s 18th Lok Sabha Election Outcome
Rajni Kothari: In Memoriam
Introduction to the First Issue
The Democracy Barometers (Part II): Surveying South Asia
Most South Asians believe that democracy is suitable for their country and prefer democracy over authoritarianism. While support for the institutional form of democracy is determined by access to education, media exposure, the experience of living under democratic conditions, support for the idea of democracy cuts across social barriers. The more active one is in politics, the more likely one is to support democracy; and the higher the degree of …
Introduction to the First Issue
The BJP and Hindu Nationalism: Centrist Politics and Majoritarian Impulses
Will the BJP pursue its Hindutva ideology while in power or will it now gradually become a 'centrist' party? Responding to this question, the present paper argues that the possibility that it would transform into a centrist party is rather dim for four reasons: 1) the mixing of Hindutva identity with the development agenda during the national election campaign in 2014; 2) the mild and covert pursuit of Hindutva by both party and government; 3) th…
Rajni Kothari: In Memoriam
Who Is Delhi’s Common Man
The Aam Aadmi Party emerged from mass anti-corruption protests to sweep the board in regional elections for India’s capital city. Can its rule in Delhi open up space for popular mobilization on the national stage, challenging the rise of communalism, or will the party be sucked into humdrum parliamentary routines
Indian Democracy
About the Special Issue on 2019 Elections
The expanding role of majoritarianism in India
This article aims to explain the concept of majoritarianism that is currently commonly used in the context of Indian politics. It also attempts to make sense of available empirical data that suggests a considerable presence of majoritarianism in India and, on that basis, discusses the implications of the diffuse nature of the majoritarian tendency. The paper argues that the diffuse nature of majoritarianism portends the possibility of democratic …
Introduction to Special Section: The Indian Voter
Caste, Class and Vote: Consolidation of the Privileged and Dispersal of Underprivileged
This article attempts to examine the combined impact of caste and class on voting choices. By using data from National Election Studies conducted by Lokniti from 1996 to 2019, the article seeks to situate the findings in the larger temporal frame of a quarter of a century. This allows us to also examine if changing patterns of party competition affect the impact of caste–class combined. The article argues that two patterns emerge: one is the cons…
Obituary
Understanding India’s 18th Lok Sabha Election Outcome
Political science (10 works) · South Asian Studies and Conflicts (6 works) · Law (4 works) · Political economy (4 works) · Democracy (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Sociology (3 works)