Studies in Indian Politics
SIP features research writings on various aspects of Indian politics. Articles based on original research, carried out in qualitative and quantitative methodological frameworks, are published in SIP. With India being at its centre of focus, the journal encompasses in its scope history of political ideas, political thought, political institutions and processes, political economy, India in a comparative perspective especially with reference to the global south, India’s engagement with the world and public policies. The journal also mirrors the advances and more novel developments in the field of political studies with respect to India.
Politics and policy developments in India form an exceptionally vast field of knowledge, the analyses and theorizations of which potentially impact the development of the discipline. The authorship of articles in SIP spans from eminent scholars in the field to emerging promising resesarchers.
Established in 1963, the CSDS has emerged as a prominent research institution in Asia that critically engages with social and political processes of the global south from diverse intellectual perspectives. Brought out by Lokniti, a research programme of the CSDS on comparative democracy, SIP carries the vision of bringing together, sharpening through scrupulous screening and reviewing, theorizations and discussions of different facets of Indian politics. Scholars with towering contributions to the field of political studies in their respective areas of enquiry form the editorial and advisory board of the journal.
Along with the interested researchers in India and the world, the research published in SIP draws readership from amongst teachers, post graduate and research students, journalists, civil society practitioners, political commentators and policymakers.
This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
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Studies in Indian Politics is a double blind peer-reviewed bi-annual journal. The journal publishes research writings that seek to explain different aspects of Indian politics. The journal adopts a multi-method approach and publish articles based on primary data in the qualitative and quantitative traditions, archival research, interpretation of texts and documents, and secondary data. The Journal covers a wide variety of sub-fields in politics, such as political ideas and thought in India, political institutions and processes, Indian democracy and politics in a comparative perspective particularly with reference to the global South and South Asia, India in world affairs, and public policies. While such a scope makes it accessible to a large number of readers, keeping India at the centre of the focus makes it target-specific.
The journal is a forum for those engaged in the pursuit of generating new knowledge and analyses of Indian politics based on original research. By way of making such a knowledge and analyses accessible to the public, it cater to the needs of a large number of social and political scientists engaged in teaching and research at educational and research institutions in India and abroad. SIP expects readership mainly from academics and students (both post-graduate and research level) in higher education institutions and research institutes in India and abroad. We also expect a few interested journalists, NGO functionaries, political analysts and commentators and policy makers to read the journal.
The journal caters to the need of researchers and students in Political Science, and within political science, its emphasis will be on Indian politics, state politics in India, political thinking in India and comparative politics with India/global South as the focus.
| Suhas Vasant Palshikar | Chief Editor of Studies in Indian Politics and Retired Professor of Savitribai Phule Pune University |
| Philip Oldenburg | Columbia University, New York, USA |
| Ujjwal Kumar Singh | Reader, Department of Political Science, University of Delhi |
| Pradeep Chhibber | University of California, Berkeley, USA |
| Rajeshwari Deshpande | Professor at the Department of Politics and Public Administration, Savitribai Phule Pune University |
| Kailash K K | University of Hyderabad, Telangana, India |
| Irfan Nooruddin | Georgetown University, USA |
| Sandeep Shastri | Vice Chancellor, Jagaran Lake City University, Bhopal, India |
| Vibha Attri | CSDS, Delhi, India |
| Samiksha Farakate | Vivekanand College, Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India |
| Hilal Ahmed | CSDS, Delhi, India |
| Mukulika Banerjee | London School of Economics and Political Science, UK |
| Sanjib Baruah | Bard College, New York, USA |
| Rekha Chowdhary | Former Professor of Political Science at University of Jammu, India |
| Gopal Guru | Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India |
| Niraja Gopal Jayal | Kings’ College, London, UK |
| Rob Jenkins | Hunter College & The Graduate Center, The City University of New York, USA |
| Sunil Khilnani | Ashoka University, Sonepat, Haryana, India |
| Alistair McMillan | University of Sheffield, UK |
| Pratap Bhanu Mehta | Political scientist based at Gurugram, India |
| Valerian Rodrigues | Ambedkar Chair Professor, Ambedkar University, Delhi, India |
| Arild Ruud | University of Oslo, Norway |
| K C Suri | University of Hyderabad, Telangana, India |
| Akio Tanabe | Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan |
| Divya Vaid | Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India |
| Ashutosh Varshney | Brown University, USA |
| Yogendra Yadav | Former Senior Fellow, CSDS, Delhi, India and Activist with Swaraj Abhiyan, India |
| Pranab Bardhan | University of California, Berkeley, USA |
| Rajeev Bhargava | Honorary Fellow, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, Delhi, India |
| Partha Chatterjee | Columbia University, New York, USA and Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Kolkata, India |
| Christophe Jaffrelot | Centre for the International Studies and Research (CERI), Sciences Po, Paris, France |
| Sudipta Kaviraj | Columbia University, New York, USA |
| James Manor | University of London, London, UK |
| Ghanshyam Shah | Formerly National Fellow, ICSSR, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India |
| V B Singh | Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, Delhi, India |
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