Programme for Comparative Democracy Centre for the study of Developing Societies
 
SURVEYS
Assembly Election Study 2012
State of the Nation Survey August 2011
Assembly Election Study 2011
Bihar Assembly Election Study 2010
State of the Nations Survey August 2010
National Election Study 2009
 
PROJECTS
Comparative State Politics in India
State, Nation(s) and Public(s): Studies in Democratic Contestation
Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme: An Impact Assessment Study
KAS-CSDS Study on Youths in Indian Politics
Delimitation in the Twenty-first Century
 
UPDATES
Summer Workshop on Quantitative Methods in
Political Science
Research Group on Educational Inequalities
Global South Solidarity Awa-rd for Professor Yogendra Yadav

Yogendra Yadav

LOKNITI NETWORK EXPRESSES ITS STRONG SENSE OF ANGUISH AT THE ATTACK ON THE OFFICE OF DR PALSHIKAR
We wish to condemn in the strongest possible terms the vandalism indulged in by certain elements at the office of our colleague Dr Suhas Palshikar, Professor of Political Science at the University of Pune and a valued member of the Lokniti network. We believe that such actions, strike at the very core of democratic foundations of our society. Babasaheb Ambedkar represents the best of democratic values and traditions. It is a sad commentary that those who indulged in this mindless act of violence, sought to muzzle free speech and expression, values that are at the core of Babasaheb’s philosophy.
Dr Sandeep Shastri, National Coordinator, Lokniti Network

Report of the Committee to verify the reliability and validity of the State of the Nations Survey (July 2011) conducted in Andhra Pradesh
Concerns were raised about the findings of the survey conducted by the Center for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS) between the 24th and 30th July 2011 regarding the extent of support for a separate Telangana state. An independent review committee was set to assess the neutrality and accuracy of this study. The committee found no evidence of any systematic bias in the drawing of the sample or any noticeable internal inconsistencies in the survey data
Full report of the committee is available here.


Note on false news items on Lokniti
Lokniti, CSDS takes strong exception to recent attempts by some media organisations to damage its public reputation as a research group. In February 2011, we came across a false and mischievous news item
 
 
 
 
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