Chanchal Kumar Sharma
Biographic Data
| ID | 4386241 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Chanchal Kumar Sharma |
| GIVEN NAMES | Chanchal Kumar |
| FAMILY NAME | Sharma |
| SIGNATURE | SHARMA C K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Central University of Haryana |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3538-7148 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 56 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Does fiscal federalism prevent or provoke secessionist conflicts? The Autonomy-Equalization Conundrum and the promise of concessionary federalism
Does Fiscal Federalism Prevent or Provoke Secessionist Conflicts? This article shows that both insufficient fiscal equalisation and excessive redistribution can provoke contestations – especially when economic grievances of low- and high-income states coincide with national minorities. Fiscal federalism must strike a balance – empowering low-income states without expropriating high-income states – to prevent these contestations from escalating in…
The dynamics of federal (in)stability and negotiated cooperation under single-party dominance
Many studies have demonstrated a trend towards greater centralization of the federal system in India since 2014. However, the causal mechanisms that underpin this centralization remain underexplored. This article systematically explores the processes involved in tipping the delicate federal balance in favour of greater central control, and in doing so pays particular attention to the role of the party system therein. Our analytical narrative is s…
Concessionary federalism in a dominant party system? Indirect tax reforms and subnational acquiescence in India
What accounts for subnational assent to policies that seek to reduce their fiscal autonomy and increase fiscal centralization? Since subnational actors with access to veto capabilities can block such reforms, the key to this theoretical puzzle lies in the identification of those conditions that create weak veto possibilities. This article seeks to solve this puzzle by analysing the case of India which has amended the constitution to introduce a ‘…
Understanding multilevel dynamics in India
This introduction to the special issue introduces readers to the specificities of Indian federalism and places the various contributions within a broader conceptual and comparative framework. It argues for an approach that understands centre–state relations in India by ‘blending’ elements of a ‘constituent’ and multilevel governance framework. Such an approach acknowledges that constituent power matters alongside an understanding of the resource …
Partisan Federalism and Subnational Governments’ International Engagements
This article situates the international activities of subnational governments in India within the broader political economy of federalism. It argues that the nature and the extent of subnational states’ engagements in international affairs are a function of the partisan political relationship the state incumbents have with the national incumbents. The article takes a mixed methods approach. An analysis of 1,153 episodes of international engagemen…
Economic governance
Why do voters re-elect the same party for prolonged periods of time even when there are reasonable alternatives available? When and why do they stop doing so? Based on a quantitative analysis of elections between 1972 and 2014, we test the significance of ‘economic governance’ for the continuance and fall of one-party dominance. With data from India we show that, under a command economy paradigm, a national incumbent party sustains its dominance …
India after the 2014 general elections
This article critically assesses claims that India has entered a new party system after the 2014 general elections, marked by renationalisation with the BJP as the new 'dominant' party.' To assess these claims, we examine the electoral rise of the BJP in the build-up to and since the 2014 general elections until the state assembly elections in December 2018. Overall, we argue that despite the emerging dominance of the BJP, a core feature of the t…
Continuity and change in contemporary Indian federalism
This special issue seeks to improve our understanding of the dynamics of center-state relations in contemporary India on the basis of a number of case-studies which largely adopt a longitudinal and/or comparative theoretical approach.Three fundamental research questions warrant a detailed analysis of the emerging dynamics of federal governance in India:First, what has been the contribution of Indian style federalism to stabilizing and consolidati…
A situational theory of pork-barrel politics
Despite the extensive literature on distributive politics, there is still is a lack of a theory of how political and fiscal institutions interact to shape the pork barreling ability of national leaders in a federal parliamentary democracy. This article examines how the party system types (dominant party versus coalition system) and particular attributes of discretionary grants (providing credit claiming opportunity or facilitating side payments) …
A Discursive Dominance Theory of Economic Reform Sustainability
This article hypothesizes that economic reforms become sustainable when the discursive conditions prevailing in society tip against the existing paradigm under exceptional circumstances. Thus, unless the pro-liberalization constituencies dominate the development discourse, economic reforms, initiated under the exigencies of crisis and conditionalities, or carried out by a convinced executive with or without the stimulus of a crisis, will be rever…
Beyond Gaps and Imbalances
How do we know whether a country suffers from vertical fiscal imbalance (VFI)? What should be done about it? Academic appreciation of these issues in general, and the nature of political behaviour in particular, both have major implications for the way federations are fiscally structured. While the latter clearly is a problem of political negotiations, our focus is on the former, that is, conceptual clarity, which precedes meaningful negotiations…
Partisan Federalism and Subnational Governments’ International Engagements
This article situates the international activities of subnational governments in India within the broader political economy of federalism. It argues that the nature and the extent of subnational states’ engagements in international affairs are a function of the partisan political relationship the state incumbents have with the national incumbents. The article takes a mixed methods approach. An analysis of 1,153 episodes of international engagemen…
India after the 2014 general elections
This article critically assesses claims that India has entered a new party system after the 2014 general elections, marked by renationalisation with the BJP as the new 'dominant' party.' To assess these claims, we examine the electoral rise of the BJP in the build-up to and since the 2014 general elections until the state assembly elections in December 2018. Overall, we argue that despite the emerging dominance of the BJP, a core feature of the t…
Beyond Gaps and Imbalances
How do we know whether a country suffers from vertical fiscal imbalance (VFI)? What should be done about it? Academic appreciation of these issues in general, and the nature of political behaviour in particular, both have major implications for the way federations are fiscally structured. While the latter clearly is a problem of political negotiations, our focus is on the former, that is, conceptual clarity, which precedes meaningful negotiations…
A situational theory of pork-barrel politics
Despite the extensive literature on distributive politics, there is still is a lack of a theory of how political and fiscal institutions interact to shape the pork barreling ability of national leaders in a federal parliamentary democracy. This article examines how the party system types (dominant party versus coalition system) and particular attributes of discretionary grants (providing credit claiming opportunity or facilitating side payments) …
The dynamics of federal (in)stability and negotiated cooperation under single-party dominance
Many studies have demonstrated a trend towards greater centralization of the federal system in India since 2014. However, the causal mechanisms that underpin this centralization remain underexplored. This article systematically explores the processes involved in tipping the delicate federal balance in favour of greater central control, and in doing so pays particular attention to the role of the party system therein. Our analytical narrative is s…
Economic governance
Why do voters re-elect the same party for prolonged periods of time even when there are reasonable alternatives available? When and why do they stop doing so? Based on a quantitative analysis of elections between 1972 and 2014, we test the significance of ‘economic governance’ for the continuance and fall of one-party dominance. With data from India we show that, under a command economy paradigm, a national incumbent party sustains its dominance …
A Discursive Dominance Theory of Economic Reform Sustainability
This article hypothesizes that economic reforms become sustainable when the discursive conditions prevailing in society tip against the existing paradigm under exceptional circumstances. Thus, unless the pro-liberalization constituencies dominate the development discourse, economic reforms, initiated under the exigencies of crisis and conditionalities, or carried out by a convinced executive with or without the stimulus of a crisis, will be rever…
Does fiscal federalism prevent or provoke secessionist conflicts? The Autonomy-Equalization Conundrum and the promise of concessionary federalism
Does Fiscal Federalism Prevent or Provoke Secessionist Conflicts? This article shows that both insufficient fiscal equalisation and excessive redistribution can provoke contestations – especially when economic grievances of low- and high-income states coincide with national minorities. Fiscal federalism must strike a balance – empowering low-income states without expropriating high-income states – to prevent these contestations from escalating in…
Concessionary federalism in a dominant party system? Indirect tax reforms and subnational acquiescence in India
What accounts for subnational assent to policies that seek to reduce their fiscal autonomy and increase fiscal centralization? Since subnational actors with access to veto capabilities can block such reforms, the key to this theoretical puzzle lies in the identification of those conditions that create weak veto possibilities. This article seeks to solve this puzzle by analysing the case of India which has amended the constitution to introduce a ‘…
Understanding multilevel dynamics in India
This introduction to the special issue introduces readers to the specificities of Indian federalism and places the various contributions within a broader conceptual and comparative framework. It argues for an approach that understands centre–state relations in India by ‘blending’ elements of a ‘constituent’ and multilevel governance framework. Such an approach acknowledges that constituent power matters alongside an understanding of the resource …
A Discursive Dominance Theory of Economic Reform Sustainability
This article hypothesizes that economic reforms become sustainable when the discursive conditions prevailing in society tip against the existing paradigm under exceptional circumstances. Thus, unless the pro-liberalization constituencies dominate the development discourse, economic reforms, initiated under the exigencies of crisis and conditionalities, or carried out by a convinced executive with or without the stimulus of a crisis, will be rever…
Beyond Gaps and Imbalances
How do we know whether a country suffers from vertical fiscal imbalance (VFI)? What should be done about it? Academic appreciation of these issues in general, and the nature of political behaviour in particular, both have major implications for the way federations are fiscally structured. While the latter clearly is a problem of political negotiations, our focus is on the former, that is, conceptual clarity, which precedes meaningful negotiations…
Continuity and change in contemporary Indian federalism
This special issue seeks to improve our understanding of the dynamics of center-state relations in contemporary India on the basis of a number of case-studies which largely adopt a longitudinal and/or comparative theoretical approach.Three fundamental research questions warrant a detailed analysis of the emerging dynamics of federal governance in India:First, what has been the contribution of Indian style federalism to stabilizing and consolidati…
A situational theory of pork-barrel politics
Despite the extensive literature on distributive politics, there is still is a lack of a theory of how political and fiscal institutions interact to shape the pork barreling ability of national leaders in a federal parliamentary democracy. This article examines how the party system types (dominant party versus coalition system) and particular attributes of discretionary grants (providing credit claiming opportunity or facilitating side payments) …
India after the 2014 general elections
This article critically assesses claims that India has entered a new party system after the 2014 general elections, marked by renationalisation with the BJP as the new 'dominant' party.' To assess these claims, we examine the electoral rise of the BJP in the build-up to and since the 2014 general elections until the state assembly elections in December 2018. Overall, we argue that despite the emerging dominance of the BJP, a core feature of the t…
Partisan Federalism and Subnational Governments’ International Engagements
This article situates the international activities of subnational governments in India within the broader political economy of federalism. It argues that the nature and the extent of subnational states’ engagements in international affairs are a function of the partisan political relationship the state incumbents have with the national incumbents. The article takes a mixed methods approach. An analysis of 1,153 episodes of international engagemen…
Economic governance
Why do voters re-elect the same party for prolonged periods of time even when there are reasonable alternatives available? When and why do they stop doing so? Based on a quantitative analysis of elections between 1972 and 2014, we test the significance of ‘economic governance’ for the continuance and fall of one-party dominance. With data from India we show that, under a command economy paradigm, a national incumbent party sustains its dominance …
Concessionary federalism in a dominant party system? Indirect tax reforms and subnational acquiescence in India
What accounts for subnational assent to policies that seek to reduce their fiscal autonomy and increase fiscal centralization? Since subnational actors with access to veto capabilities can block such reforms, the key to this theoretical puzzle lies in the identification of those conditions that create weak veto possibilities. This article seeks to solve this puzzle by analysing the case of India which has amended the constitution to introduce a ‘…
Understanding multilevel dynamics in India
This introduction to the special issue introduces readers to the specificities of Indian federalism and places the various contributions within a broader conceptual and comparative framework. It argues for an approach that understands centre–state relations in India by ‘blending’ elements of a ‘constituent’ and multilevel governance framework. Such an approach acknowledges that constituent power matters alongside an understanding of the resource …
The dynamics of federal (in)stability and negotiated cooperation under single-party dominance
Many studies have demonstrated a trend towards greater centralization of the federal system in India since 2014. However, the causal mechanisms that underpin this centralization remain underexplored. This article systematically explores the processes involved in tipping the delicate federal balance in favour of greater central control, and in doing so pays particular attention to the role of the party system therein. Our analytical narrative is s…
Does fiscal federalism prevent or provoke secessionist conflicts? The Autonomy-Equalization Conundrum and the promise of concessionary federalism
Does Fiscal Federalism Prevent or Provoke Secessionist Conflicts? This article shows that both insufficient fiscal equalisation and excessive redistribution can provoke contestations – especially when economic grievances of low- and high-income states coincide with national minorities. Fiscal federalism must strike a balance – empowering low-income states without expropriating high-income states – to prevent these contestations from escalating in…
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