Dr. Sandeep Shastri

Location
Centre for Research in Social Sciences and Education (CERSSE),
52, Bellary, Road, Hebbal,
Bangalore, Karnataka 560 024

Telephone No. 011 - 23942199 Extn.: 336
Department: 080-23545246, 080-23545247 (Fax)
Email: sshastri@eth.net

	International Consultant to the Forum of Federations for its Projects in Ethiopia and South Sudan
	Member, Executive Board, SOG (Structure and Organisation of Government), Research Committee of the International Political Science Association.
	Consultant, Karnataka Knowledge Commission.
	Lead Social Scientist for India, Global Access Study.
	India Coordinator, World Values Survey International Project, Institute of Social Research, University of Michigan
	Principal Coordinator, State and Society Project, A Joint Project of Bangalore University, Ohio State University and University of California at Berkeley
	Principal Coordinator for India, Culture Study Pilot Project, A Joint Project of Institute of Social Research, University of Michigan and International Academy for Creative Teaching.
	Indo-Canadian Institute Fellow for 1998-99, attached to the Institute of Intergovernmental Relations, Queens University, Kingston, Canada and was involved in a study involving Indian and Canadian Federalism.
	Fellow, Salzburg Seminar (Session 302), Salzburg, Austria held on the theme Perspectives on Federalism.
	Invited to visit the United States by the American Government under the International Visitor Program on the theme State and Local Government in the United States in June- July 1995.

Research Interests:

His research is largely in the field of a) Survey based research b) Election Studies, c) Federalism and d) Creativity and Innovation in Teaching.

Selected Publications:

Books and Edited books

	Study on Perceptions, Aspirations, Expectations and Attitude of Youth In Karnataka, Karnataka Jnaana Ayoga, Bangalore 2011.
	Karnataka Politics : The Road taken… The Journey Ahead. Jain University Press. Bengaluru 2011.
	Electoral Politics in Indian States : 2004 Elections and Beyond. Coedited. OUP.Delhi

	Indian Youth in a Transforming World: Attitudes and Perceptions. co-edited Sage New Delhi CSDS and KAF. 2009
	Changing Contours of Comparative Federalism: Understanding the Indian Experience. John Archers, Ibadan 2001
	S.Nijalingappa (in Kannada). Karnataka Legislative Assembly Secretariat, Bangalore
	Towards Explaining the Voters’ Mandate. Bangalore: Vinayaka. 1995.
	Legislative Control over Administration. New Delhi. Uppal. 1993.
	Karnatakada Chunnavanegallu (in Kannada) Bangalore. 1991.

	Regions within Regions – Negotiating Political Spaces – A Case Study of Karnataka in ‘Regions within Regions’ edited by Ashutosh Kumar, Routledge. 2010
	Legal Impediments to Rural Development in ADB, Agriculture, Food Security and Development, Oxford 2010.
	“Federalism and the Democratization Process” in “Equality in Unity in Diversity for Development” 5th International Conference on Federalism, Theme Papers, Forum of Federations, 2010
	‘Participatory Democracy and Federalism: The Role of Citizens’ in Federalism : Unity in Diversity, Forum of Federalism, 2010
	‘Autonomous Kodagu Council is the Answer’ in Rise and Fall of the Coorg State edited by P T Bopanna, Rolling Stone Publications, Bengaluru 2009
	‘Karnatak: Aakhir Kamal Khila’ in Loktantr Ka Naya Lok: Chunaive Rajniti Mein Rajyo Kha Abhar‘ edited by Arvind Mohan (in Hindi), Vani Prakashan and Lokniti, 2009 Delhi
	‘Who I am Makes a Difference’ in Mavinakulli (ed) Ethics, Human Values and Higher Education. Mangalore, 2008
	Legislators in Karnataka: Well Entrenched Dominant Castes, in Jafferlot and Kumar, The Rise of the Plebians? The Changing Face of Indian Legislative Assemblies. Delhi, Routledge. 2008.
	Public Opinion and Democratic Legitimacy, in Larry Diamond et. al. (eds) Democracy and Its Multiple Meanings, 2008.
	Representing the States at the Federal level : The Role of the Rajya Sabha’ in Jorg Luther, Paolo Passaglia and Rolando Tarchi (eds) ‘The World of Second Chambers’, Milan: Giuffre Editore. 2007.
	Citizen’s Awareness of their Elected Representatives‘ in Harish Ramaswamy et.al. ‘Karnataka : Government and Politics’, New Delhi, Concept, 2007.
	‘Parliamentary Government and Coalition Government : Negotiating Spaces’ in Gopa Kumar, Future of Parliamentary Democracy in India Icon 2007.
	‘Creating the Space for Learner Centred Teaching : What does the Effort involve?’ in Learner Centered Teaching – New Paradigms, Dynamics and Dimensions’ Madikeri. 2006.
	‘Contextualizing Human Rights Literacy’in ‘Human Rights and Bharatiya Values’. MES College and Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan. 2006
	‘Legal Impediments to Rural Development’ INRM Policy Brief No 5, in ‘Policy Research Networking to Strengthen Policy Reforms in India’, ADB, New Delhi. 2006.
	Electoral Reforms in India : Need for Second Look at the First Past the Post System’ in Anjoo Sharan Upadhyaya (ed) Electoral Reforms in India. Delhi : Concept . 2005
	‘Women and Changing Social Values in India : Findings from the India Component of the World Values Survey’ in Susheela Subramnya et.al. (eds) Women in Development. Bangalore Southern Economist 2004.
	‘The Teachers and the Taught-Then and Now’ in Vivekayuga Foundation Volume. Bangalore 2003.
	‘Emergence of a Bi-Polar Alliance System: Electoral Politics in Karnataka in the 1990s’ in Electoral Politics and National Building in South Indian States, Balasubramnaian (ed), Madras 2003.
	‘S Nijalingappa - Talented Parliamentarian’ in ‘Rashtra Bhushana — S Nijalingappa’ Javare Gowda (ed). Bangalore. 2003
	‘Parliamentary Committees in India: An Assessment of their Role in Effecting Legislative Control over Administration ’ in ‘The Indian Parliament :In Comparative Perspective’, Mehra and Kueck (eds), Kanishka. 2003
	Local Democracies and Political Parties in India’ in ‘Political Parties and Party System in India’ . Mehra and Kueck (eds). New Delhi :Sage.2003.
	Democracy as Global Entitlement’. In Democracy, Security and Human Rights. Khanna and Kueck (eds). Delhi:Shipra. 2003.
	‘Administrative System for Sustainable Development in Karnataka’ in Karnataka Vision 2025, D.Jeevan Kumar and Susheela Subramanya (eds), Southern Economist, 2001.
	‘Political Control of Bureaucracy in India : Emerging Trends’ in Indian Administration: Perceptions and Perspectives, Ramesh K Arora (eds), Aalekh, 2000, 63-82.
	‘Effective Government in the Context of Coalition Politics’ in Coalition Politics in India, D Sundar Ram, National, 2000, 245-57.
	‘Parliamentarism vs Presidentialism: Problems and Prospects in the Indian Contex’ in Principles, Power and Politics, D.D.Khanna and G W Kueck, Delhi, McMillan, 1999, 291-316.
	‘Reinvigorating Governance Nation wide : Role of the IAS ’ in Governance and the IAS : In Search of Resilience, R.K.Dar, Delhi : Tata McGraw Hill, 1999, 239-72.
	‘The Impact of Electoral Politics’, in Social Justice and the Constitution , Ajit Bhatacharjea, Shimla : Indian Institute of Advanced Study, 1997, 48-68.
	‘Secular Democracy and the Challenge of Communalism’ in Rethinking Indian Federalism , Rasheeduddin Khan (ed), Shimla : Indian Institute of Advanced Study, 1997, 151-168.
	‘Issues in Indian Federalism: The Ambedkar Approach in Perspective’ in Dr B.R.Ambedkar: Life and Mission’, V.T.Patil (ed), New Delhi: Devika Publications, 1995.
	‘Karnataka Assembly Elections 1994: An Analysis of the Role and Performance of Political Parties and Independents’ in The Angry Voter: Assembly Elections in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka 1994 ,Koteshwara Prasad et.al. (eds) , Madras : Shanti Publications 1995
	‘Secularism, Fundamentalism and Communalism : An Attempt at Understanding the Indian Experience’ in Fundamentalism and Secularism : The Indian Predicament, Madras: Gurukal College and Research Inst. 1994
	‘Ambedkar’s Philosophy: The Quest for Social Justice’ in Dr Ambedkar (Kannada) , S. Chandrasekhar (ed) Bangalore : Shoodra Prakashana, 1992
	‘Issues in Indian Federalism : The Ambedkar Perspective’ in Ambedkar and Social Justice vol .1. Shashi SS (ed), New Delhi : Publications Division. 1992
	‘Karnataka Vidhana Sabha Elections 1989’ in Peoples Mandate, V.M.Bachal (ed) Pune: 1992 (c-authored).

	Report on Status of Implementation in India of UN Convention on Rights of People with Disabilities, Submitted to Konrad Adenauer Foundation, 31 May 2011.
	Perceptions, Aspirations, Anxieties and Expectations of Youth in Karnataka. A Survey Based Report submitted to the Knowledge Commission in Karnataka. Final Report English and Kannada (2 March 2011) Interim Report ( 14 November 2011).
	The Dynamics of Electoral Politics : A Case Study of the Karnataka Assembly Elections 1989, Bangalore, 1990 (Co-authored).
	A Study of the Public Accounts Committee in Parliamentary Systems, Bangalore 1984.
	Karnataka Assembly Elections 1993: A Post Election Survey, Bangalore 1983 (Co-authored).

	Leadership at the state level mattered . Economic and Political Weekly. Vol. 64:39:88-91. 2009
	Karnataka : A Default win for the BJP. Economic and Political Weekly. Vol. 64:39:114-117. 2009
	Karnataka — The Lotus Blooms ….. Nearly, Economic and Political Weekly, vol 63. no.6, 7-13 Feb 2009, 42-45.
	Public Opinion and Democratic Legitimacy. Journal of Democracy. April 2008.74-87.
	Karnataka : Simultaneous Polls, Different Results’ Economic and Political Weekly. 32:51:December 2004.
	Federal Arrangements and the Provision of Public Goods, Asian Survey, 54:3:May/June 2004:339-52
	Lok Shakti in Karnataka ; A Regional Party in a Bi-Polar Alliance System. Economic and Political Weekly. April 2004.
	Citizen Confidence in Political Institutions and Processes. Indian Journal of Political Science. 63:1:2002 (Published in Jan 2003)
	Twilight of Congress Hegemony : Emergence of Bi-Polar Alliance System in Karnataka, Economic and Political Weekly, August-September 1999, 34:34-35:2440-48.
	‘Department Related Standing Committees in the Indian Parliament: An Assessment’ Indian Journal of Public Administration, April-June 1998, 54:2:184-200.
	‘Karnataka: Emergence of a Third Force’ Economic and Political Weekly, 15-20 January 1996.
	‘Karnataka : A Political Profile’ Indian Journal of Political Science, 55:3:July-September 1994, 241-250 (co-authored).
	‘Elections to the Lok Sabha from Karnataka: An Analysis of the Voting Pattern and Electoral Trends’ The Journal of Parliamentary Information 60:3:September 1994:378-401.
	The Dynamics of Electoral Politics : A Case Study of the 1989 Karnataka Assembly Elections’, Indian Journal of Social Sciences,4:3:July-September 1991.
	‘Indian Federalism and National Integration: A Critique’, Indian Journal of Political Science, 51:2:April-June 1990.

	In God We Trust…. Rest strictly Cash!. Mainstream 30 July 2011
	We Will Miss you Jain Sir. Mainstream. 27 November 2010
	Karnataka Politics : The Road Taken and the Journey Ahead, Mainstream, vol. 64, no 42, 9 October 2010.
	Karnataka : A Loud Wake Up Call Mainstream 58:40:September 25, 2010
	The Fine Art of Government Formation, Mainstream. Vol. 67:25:June 6, 2009
	Why do Urban Voters Not Register their votes? Mainstream. Vol. 67:21:May 9, 2009
	‘The Long Winter of Political Discontent’ Mainstream20 December 2008, 67:1:77,82.
	Behind the BJP’s Success Mainstream 2 June 2008 66:24
	Coalition Contradictions: Emerging Political Scenario in Karnataka, Mainstream. 55:38 . 8th September 2007.
	Reinventing the Teaching of Political Science. Karnataka Journal of Politics. March 2007.
	Representing the States at the Federal Level : The Role of the Rajya Sabha. The Grassroots Governance Journal. 3:2: 159-84. December 2005.
	Karnataka Politics : Re-Engineering Social and Political Equation Mainstream -53..45..19-21, 29 October 2005
	Proposed Legislation on Eligibility to Contest for Rajya Sabha Elections: Violating Federal Sentiments’ Mainstream. 2003
	Citizen Awareness of their Elected Representatives. Karnataka Journal of Politics. February 2003. (co-authored with Dr Harish).
	Public Sector Disinvestment : Reassessing the Role of the State. Mainstream. 60:41: 7-12: 28 September 2002.
	Religion, Society and State : Negotiating Relationships. South Asia Politics 1:5:43-47: September 2002
	Changing Contours of Comparative Federalism : Understanding the Indian Experience. PEFS Journal. Ibadan: University of Ibadan. 2001.