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Sanjay Kumar
Location
Lokniti- Programme for Comparative Democracy,
Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS),
29 Rajpur Road,
Delhi - 110 054
Telephone No. 011 – 23981012, 23831290
Email: sanjay@csds.in |
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Sanjay Kumar is the Deputy Director of Lokniti and a Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Developing Studies. He has directed various National and State level studies conducted by the CSDS. The national surveys directed by him include, the National Election Studies, (NES) in 1998, 1999, 2004, and 2009. various round of bi-annual survey “State of the Nation Survey” (SONS). Among various state level studies directed by him, the benchmark survey “Delhi Survey 1998 and 2003”, with sample size of over 12000 and 14,000 respondents, are the most important.
He had also been the country coordinator (India) for the State of Democracy in South Asia (SDSA) study conducted in five South Asian countries (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal). He had been core team member of the Asian Barometer survey, led by Prof, Takashi Inoguchi of Cho University, Tokyo, consultant with Asia Foundation’s survey undertaken in Afghanistan in year 2006, co-director of the survey State of Democracy in Nepal (with Krishan Hachhettu). He had also been an International Election Observer for observing freeness and fairness of National elections held in Thailand (2007) and in Cambodia (2008).
He is also one of the leading political analyst and political commentator for electronic and print media.
Research Interests:
Sanjay's area of research for the past several years has been studying the electoral system, analyzing the electoral politics and mapping of changing patterns of democracy. While India remains his primarily research locale, his research interest extends to other South Asian countries as well. He had been trying to study the functioning of the electoral process with reference to issues like patterns and strategies of electoral mobilization, and issues of electoral violence. Sanjay's research draws heavily from the empirical studies.
Selected Publications:
Books
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Rise of the Plebeians? The Changing Face of Indian Legislative Assemblies. Edited by Christophe Jaffrelot and Sanjay Kumar. New Delhi: Routledge, in association with CSH, New Delhi, CERI & CNRS, Paris and CSDS, Delhi; 2009 |
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(with Peter R deSouza and Sandeep Shastri) Indian Youth in a Transforming World: Attitudes and Perceptions, A report published by Konrad Adenauer Foundation and Lokniti, CSDS, 2008 (forthcoming by Sage Publishers) |
Project Report
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(With Krishna Hachhethu and Jiwan Subedi) “Nepal in Transition: A Study of the state of Democracy” International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA) Nepal, January 2008 . |
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“Study of Political Systems and Voting Behaviour of the Poor in Orissa” A Report Submitted to the Department for International Development (DFID) New Delhi. |
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(With V.B.Singh, Yogendra Yadav, E.Sridharan & Sanjay Mishra) “ National Election Audit, 1999” A report submitted to The Election Commission of India on Election Expenditure in the Thirteenth General Election to the Lok Sabha, New Delhi. |
Articles in Edited Volume
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(With Annapurna Nautiyal) “ Uttarakhand: The Story behind Marginal Differences, published in “ Electoral Politics in Indian States, Lok Sabha Elections 2004 and Beyond edited by Sandeep Shastri, K.C Suri and Yogendra Yadav, Oxford. 2009 |
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(With Harishwar Dayal) “ Jharkhand: Revival of Past Trends, published in “ Electoral Politics in Indian States, Lok Sabha Elections 2004 and Beyond edited by Sandeep Shastri, K.C Suri and Yogendra Yadav, Oxford. 2009 |
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Change and continuity among Urban Indian Families, in Takashi Inoguchi, edited “ Human Beliefs and Values in Incredible Asia, Akashi Shoten Co. Ltd. Japan, April 2008 |
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India Shining: Impact of Economic Reforms on Indian Elections in Bhupinder Brar, Ashutosh Kumar and Ronki Ram Edited “ Globalisation and the Politics of Identity in India” Pearson Longman, Delhi, 2008 |
Journals/Academic Publications
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Patterns of Political Participation, Economic and Political Weekly, September 26- October 2, 2009. |
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(With Rakesh Ranjan) Bihar: Development Matters, Economic and Political Weekly, September 26- October 2, 2009. |
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Religious Practices among Indian Hindus, Japanese Journal of Political Science, September 2009, published by Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, U.K |
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Electoral Patterns in Indian Elections, South Asian Journal, July-September, 2009 |
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(With Praveen Rai) Shrinking Political Space for Jharkhand Mukti Moarcha, Economic and Political Weekly, August 15-21, 2009
[also published in Suhas Palshikar (ed.) “Regional Political Parties in India (Marathi)] |
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Youth and Political Participation: Lok Sabha Election 2009, Journal of Polity and Society, Department of Political Science, University of Kerala, Vol.2 Issue 1, January-June, 2009 |
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