Richard Sisson
Biographic Data
| ID | 597591 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Richard Sisson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Richard |
| FAMILY NAME | Sisson |
| SIGNATURE | SISSON R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California, Los Angeles |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 25 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 18 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 24 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1969 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Congress and Indian Nationalism: The Pre-Independence Phase
Federal Arrangements and the Provision of Public Goods in India
Current intellectual trends advocate devolution of authority from national governments to local governments and civil society, especially for the provision of public goods. This paper, based on a large national survey conducted in India, shows that most Indians still look to the state, and state governments in particular, to address the problems that they face
Diversity and Dominance in Indian Politics. Volume 2: Division, Deprivation and the Congress
Order and the Indian Electorate: For Whom Does Shiva Dance
Research Article| July 01 1992 Order and the Indian Electorate: For Whom Does Shiva Dance? Pradeep K. Chhibber; Pradeep K. Chhibber Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Subhash Misra; Subhash Misra Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Richard Sisson Richard Sisson Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Asian Survey (1992) 32 (7): 606–616. …
Grappling with Indian Reality
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India in 1990: Political Polarization
Polarization was the dominant motif of politics in India in 1990. It took many forms. The year commenced with a new prime minister and ended with another at the helm. It began with a sense that political coalitions were workable and stable but ended with that possibility in doubt. It began with an expectation that communal tensions would be contained, if not reduced, but witnessed an increase in communal violence between Hindu, Muslim, and Sikh. …
India's Disordered Democracy
War and Secession: Pakistan, India, and the Creation of Bangladesh
A decade after the 1971 wars in South Asia, the principal decisionmakers were still uncertain why wars so clearly unwanted had occurred. The authors reconstruct the complex decisionmaking process attending the break-up of Pakistan and the subsequent war between India and Pakistan. Much of their data derive from interviews conducted with principal players in each of the countries immediately involved - Pakistan, India, and Bangladesh - including I…
India in 1989: A Year of Elections in a Culture of Change
Research Article| February 01 1990 India in 1989: A Year of Elections in a Culture of Change Richard Sisson Richard Sisson Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Far Eastern Survey (1961) 30 (2): 111–125. https://doi.org/10.2307/2644889 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Se…
Congress and Indian Nationalism
War and Secession: Pakistan, India, and the Creation of Bangladesh
Congress and Indian Nationalism: The Pre-Independence Phase
Parties and Electorates from "Raj" to "Swaraj: An Historical Analysis of Electoral Behavior in Late Colonial and Early Independent India
William Vanderbok, Richard Sisson, Parties and Electorates from "Raj" to "Swaraj": An Historical Analysis of Electoral Behavior in Late Colonial and Early Independent India, Social Science History, Vol. 12, No. 2 (Summer, 1988), pp. 121-142
Parties and Electorates from Raj to Swaraj: An Historical Analysis of Electoral Behavior in Late Colonial and Early Independent India
Fascination with elite recruitment, ideology, and political strategy in the Indian nationalist movement has given rise to a wide range of scholarly studies about these phenomena. An extraordinarily rich literature has also developed dealing with provincial political movements during both the nationalist and postindependence periods. More recently a literature concerning local, “peoples’” history has started to develop and flourish, the most influ…
Self-Reliance Versus Power Politics: The American and Indian Experiences in Building Nation States, by J. Ann Tickner
Journal Article Self-Reliance Versus Power Politics: The American and Indian Experiences in Building Nation States, by J. Ann Tickner Get access Self-Reliance Versus Power Politics: The American and Indian Experiences in Building Nation States by J. Ann Tickner. New York, Columbia University Press, 1987. 282 pp. $35.00. Richard Sisson Richard Sisson University of California, Los Angeles Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Go…
James Smoot Coleman
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. As you have access to this content, a full PDF is available via the ‘Save PDF’ action button
Mapping the Indian Electorate II: Patterns of Weakness in the Indian Party System
Research Article| October 01 1984 Mapping the Indian Electorate II: Patterns of Weakness in the Indian Party System Richard Sisson, Richard Sisson Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar William Vanderbok William Vanderbok Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Far Eastern Survey (1955) 24 (10): 1086–1097. https://doi.org/10.2307/2644221 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures…
Mapping the Indian Electorate: Trends in Party Support in Seven National Elections
Research Article| October 01 1983 Mapping the Indian Electorate: Trends in Party Support in Seven National Elections Richard Sisson; Richard Sisson Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar William Vanderbok William Vanderbok Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Far Eastern Survey (1954) 23 (10): 1140–1158. https://doi.org/10.2307/2644205 Views Icon Views Article contents Figure…
Internal Strife and External Intervention
Prime Ministerial Power and the Selection of Ministers in India: Three Decades of Change
The process of selection to the national council of ministers in India, as well as the role of the institution, has changed immensely during the past three decades. While ministers exhibit the characteristics of political elites generally—through their form and level of education, their occupational endeavor, and their pursuit of politics as a vocation— ministerial selection has been a function of prime ministerial strategies to assert the domina…
The Congress Party in Rajasthan: Political Integration and Institution Building in an Indian State
The Congress Party of India. Stanley A. Kochanek
Elections and Party Politics in India: An Introduction
Other| November 01 1970 Elections and Party Politics in India: An Introduction Richard Sisson Richard Sisson Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Far Eastern Survey (1941) 10 (11): iii–iv. https://doi.org/10.2307/2642814 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Cita…
Peasant Movements and Political Mobilization: The Jats of Rajasthan
Research Article| December 01 1969 Peasant Movements and Political Mobilization: The Jats of Rajasthan Richard Sisson Richard Sisson Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Far Eastern Survey (1940) 9 (12): 946–963. https://doi.org/10.2307/2642561 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Ic…
Federal Arrangements and the Provision of Public Goods in India
Current intellectual trends advocate devolution of authority from national governments to local governments and civil society, especially for the provision of public goods. This paper, based on a large national survey conducted in India, shows that most Indians still look to the state, and state governments in particular, to address the problems that they face
Prime Ministerial Power and the Selection of Ministers in India: Three Decades of Change
The process of selection to the national council of ministers in India, as well as the role of the institution, has changed immensely during the past three decades. While ministers exhibit the characteristics of political elites generally—through their form and level of education, their occupational endeavor, and their pursuit of politics as a vocation— ministerial selection has been a function of prime ministerial strategies to assert the domina…
Congress and Indian Nationalism
Peasant Movements and Political Mobilization: The Jats of Rajasthan
Research Article| December 01 1969 Peasant Movements and Political Mobilization: The Jats of Rajasthan Richard Sisson Richard Sisson Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Far Eastern Survey (1940) 9 (12): 946–963. https://doi.org/10.2307/2642561 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Ic…
Mapping the Indian Electorate II: Patterns of Weakness in the Indian Party System
Research Article| October 01 1984 Mapping the Indian Electorate II: Patterns of Weakness in the Indian Party System Richard Sisson, Richard Sisson Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar William Vanderbok William Vanderbok Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Far Eastern Survey (1955) 24 (10): 1086–1097. https://doi.org/10.2307/2644221 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures…
Mapping the Indian Electorate: Trends in Party Support in Seven National Elections
Research Article| October 01 1983 Mapping the Indian Electorate: Trends in Party Support in Seven National Elections Richard Sisson; Richard Sisson Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar William Vanderbok William Vanderbok Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Far Eastern Survey (1954) 23 (10): 1140–1158. https://doi.org/10.2307/2644205 Views Icon Views Article contents Figure…
Peasant Movements and Political Mobilization: The Jats of Rajasthan
Research Article| December 01 1969 Peasant Movements and Political Mobilization: The Jats of Rajasthan Richard Sisson Richard Sisson Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Far Eastern Survey (1940) 9 (12): 946–963. https://doi.org/10.2307/2642561 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Ic…
The Congress Party of India. Stanley A. Kochanek
Elections and Party Politics in India: An Introduction
Other| November 01 1970 Elections and Party Politics in India: An Introduction Richard Sisson Richard Sisson Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Far Eastern Survey (1941) 10 (11): iii–iv. https://doi.org/10.2307/2642814 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Cita…
The Congress Party in Rajasthan: Political Integration and Institution Building in an Indian State
Prime Ministerial Power and the Selection of Ministers in India: Three Decades of Change
The process of selection to the national council of ministers in India, as well as the role of the institution, has changed immensely during the past three decades. While ministers exhibit the characteristics of political elites generally—through their form and level of education, their occupational endeavor, and their pursuit of politics as a vocation— ministerial selection has been a function of prime ministerial strategies to assert the domina…
Internal Strife and External Intervention
Mapping the Indian Electorate: Trends in Party Support in Seven National Elections
Research Article| October 01 1983 Mapping the Indian Electorate: Trends in Party Support in Seven National Elections Richard Sisson; Richard Sisson Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar William Vanderbok William Vanderbok Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Far Eastern Survey (1954) 23 (10): 1140–1158. https://doi.org/10.2307/2644205 Views Icon Views Article contents Figure…
Mapping the Indian Electorate II: Patterns of Weakness in the Indian Party System
Research Article| October 01 1984 Mapping the Indian Electorate II: Patterns of Weakness in the Indian Party System Richard Sisson, Richard Sisson Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar William Vanderbok William Vanderbok Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Far Eastern Survey (1955) 24 (10): 1086–1097. https://doi.org/10.2307/2644221 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures…
James Smoot Coleman
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. As you have access to this content, a full PDF is available via the ‘Save PDF’ action button
Parties and Electorates from "Raj" to "Swaraj: An Historical Analysis of Electoral Behavior in Late Colonial and Early Independent India
William Vanderbok, Richard Sisson, Parties and Electorates from "Raj" to "Swaraj": An Historical Analysis of Electoral Behavior in Late Colonial and Early Independent India, Social Science History, Vol. 12, No. 2 (Summer, 1988), pp. 121-142
Parties and Electorates from Raj to Swaraj: An Historical Analysis of Electoral Behavior in Late Colonial and Early Independent India
Fascination with elite recruitment, ideology, and political strategy in the Indian nationalist movement has given rise to a wide range of scholarly studies about these phenomena. An extraordinarily rich literature has also developed dealing with provincial political movements during both the nationalist and postindependence periods. More recently a literature concerning local, “peoples’” history has started to develop and flourish, the most influ…
Self-Reliance Versus Power Politics: The American and Indian Experiences in Building Nation States, by J. Ann Tickner
Journal Article Self-Reliance Versus Power Politics: The American and Indian Experiences in Building Nation States, by J. Ann Tickner Get access Self-Reliance Versus Power Politics: The American and Indian Experiences in Building Nation States by J. Ann Tickner. New York, Columbia University Press, 1987. 282 pp. $35.00. Richard Sisson Richard Sisson University of California, Los Angeles Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Go…
Congress and Indian Nationalism: The Pre-Independence Phase
War and Secession: Pakistan, India, and the Creation of Bangladesh
A decade after the 1971 wars in South Asia, the principal decisionmakers were still uncertain why wars so clearly unwanted had occurred. The authors reconstruct the complex decisionmaking process attending the break-up of Pakistan and the subsequent war between India and Pakistan. Much of their data derive from interviews conducted with principal players in each of the countries immediately involved - Pakistan, India, and Bangladesh - including I…
India in 1989: A Year of Elections in a Culture of Change
Research Article| February 01 1990 India in 1989: A Year of Elections in a Culture of Change Richard Sisson Richard Sisson Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Far Eastern Survey (1961) 30 (2): 111–125. https://doi.org/10.2307/2644889 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Se…
Congress and Indian Nationalism
War and Secession: Pakistan, India, and the Creation of Bangladesh
Other books in review
India in 1990: Political Polarization
Polarization was the dominant motif of politics in India in 1990. It took many forms. The year commenced with a new prime minister and ended with another at the helm. It began with a sense that political coalitions were workable and stable but ended with that possibility in doubt. It began with an expectation that communal tensions would be contained, if not reduced, but witnessed an increase in communal violence between Hindu, Muslim, and Sikh. …
India's Disordered Democracy
Diversity and Dominance in Indian Politics. Volume 2: Division, Deprivation and the Congress
Order and the Indian Electorate: For Whom Does Shiva Dance
Research Article| July 01 1992 Order and the Indian Electorate: For Whom Does Shiva Dance? Pradeep K. Chhibber; Pradeep K. Chhibber Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Subhash Misra; Subhash Misra Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Richard Sisson Richard Sisson Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Asian Survey (1992) 32 (7): 606–616. …
Grappling with Indian Reality
Federal Arrangements and the Provision of Public Goods in India
Current intellectual trends advocate devolution of authority from national governments to local governments and civil society, especially for the provision of public goods. This paper, based on a large national survey conducted in India, shows that most Indians still look to the state, and state governments in particular, to address the problems that they face
Congress and Indian Nationalism: The Pre-Independence Phase
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