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Professor Yogendra Yadav
Location
Lokniti -Programme for Comparative Democracy,
Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS), 29
Rajpur Road,
Delhi - 110 054
Phone Numbers
Departmnet : 011 - 23942199, 23981012 Extn.: 334
Email: yogendra.yadav@gmail.com |
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Yogendra Yadav is a Senior Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS), Delhi since 2004. He is Founder Convenor (1995- 2002) of the Lokniti network and the founder Director (1997-2003) of Lokniti, a research programme on comparative democracy of the CSDS. Educated in Sriganganar (BA, Rajasthan University), Delhi (MA, JNU) and Chandigarh (M Phil, Panjab University), he taught at Panjab University Chandigarh (1985-1993) before joining the CSDS. Currently he is a Fellow at Institute of Advanced Study (Wissenschaftskolleg) at Berlin for the year 2009-2010.
Professor Yadav's areas of interests include democratic theory, election studies, survey research, political theory, modern Indian political thought and Indian socialism. He has co-authored State of Democracy in South Asia (OUP, 2008) and co-edited (with Sandeep Shastri and K C Suri) Electoral Politics in Indian States (OUP, 2009). He has also co-authored (with Alfred Stepan and Juan Linz) Democraccy in Multi-national Societies, due for publication in 2010 from John Hopkins University Press. He has been involved in designing and coordinating the National Election Studies, the most comprehensive series of academic surveys of the Indian electorate, from 1996 to 2009. He has published dozens of academic papers in various books and journals and has written over two hundred articles in newspapers and magazines. He is one of the General Editors of Lokchhintan and Lokchintak Granthamala, a series of social science anthologies in Hindi and is on the International Advisory Board of the European Journal of Political Research. He is the Editor of Samayik Varta, a monthly journal published in Hindi. Since 1996 Professor Yadav has been a psephologist and political commentator on a number of television channels in India including Doordarshan, NDTV and CNN-IBN.
He is currently a member of the Governing Council of the Indian Council of Social Science Research and a member of the Governing Borad of the Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla. He is an Honorary Fellow, Indian Institute of Political Economy, Pune (since 2004). He was one of the two Chief Advisors in Political Science for the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) who suprevised the writing of the new textbooks for Political Science for class IX, X, XI and XII. He was also a member of the Expert Group appointed by the Government of India in 2007 to examine the structure and functioning of an Equal Opportunity Commission.
In 2008 Professor Yadav was awarded the Malcom Adishesiah Award for contribution to development studies. In 2009 the International Political Science Association honoured Professor Yogendra Yadav with the first Global South Solidarity Award "in recognition of outstanding work on the politics of the developing world".
Research interests :
Professor Yadav's areas of interests include Democracy,
democratic theory, election studies, survey research,
political theory, modern Indian political thought and
Indian socialism.
Awards/Honours
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Global South Solidarity Award by International Political Science Association, 2009 [First recipient of a new award instituted by the IPSA] |
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Malcolm Adiseshiah Award for Development Studies, 2008. [Award conferred on one social scientist every year by Malcolm and Elizabeth Adiseshiah Trust, Chennai] |
Publications
Series editor
(with V. B. Singh) Lokchintan Granthamala, a series of anthologies on social science in Hindi, Vani Prakashan, Delhi. Volumes published under this series (edited by Abhay Kumar Dubey):
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Loktantra ke saat adhyaya,’2002 |
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Adhunikata ke aine mein Dalit, 2002 |
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Bharat ka Bhoomandalikaran,2003 |
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Beech Bahas mein Secularwad, 2004 |
(with V. B. Singh) Lokchintak Granthamala, a series on selected works of contemporary Indian thinkers in Hindi, Vani Prakashan, Delhi. Volume published under this series (edited by Abhay Kumar Dubey):
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Rajniti ki Kitab: Rajni Kothari ka Kritatva, 2003 |
Edited Volumes:
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(with Sandeep Shastri and K.C. Suri), Electoral Politics in Indian States, OUP, New Delhi, 2009. |
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(with D. L. Sheth) Electoral Politics, in a series Readings in Indian Government and Politics, New Delhi: Sage Publications (forthcoming) |
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(Guest Editor with Suhas Palshikar) Political Parties and Elections in Indian States: 1990-2003, special number of the Journal of Indian School of Political Economy, Vol. XV (Nos. 1 &2), January- June 2003. |
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Edited (with Aditya Nigam) Special issue on ‘Electoral Politics in India, 1989-99’, Economic and Political Weekly, Volume XXXIV(No. 34 and 35), August 21-28, 1999. |
Co-author
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(With other members of SDSA Team) State of Democracy in South Asia, Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2008 |
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(With Alfred Stepan and Juan Linz) Democracy in Multi-national Societies, Johns Hopkins University Press, forthcoming |
Chief Advisor of School Textbooks (with Professor Suhas Palshikar)
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Democratic Politics I [Class IX], New Delhi: NCERT, 2006. English, Hindi and Urdu editions. |
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Democratic Politics II [Class X], New Delhi: NCERT, 2007. English, Hindi and Urdu editions. |
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Constitution at Work [Class XI], New Delhi: NCERT, 2006. English, Hindi and Urdu editions. |
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Political Theory [Class XI], New Delhi: NCERT, 2006. English, Hindi and Urdu editions. |
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Contemporary World Politics [Class XII], New Delhi: NCERT, 2007. English and Hindi editions. |
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Politics in India since Independence [Class XII], New Delhi: NCERT, 2007. English and Hindi editions. |
Research Articles in Books/Journals
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“Between fortuna and virtu: Explaining Congress’ Ambiguous Victory in 2009”, Economic and Political Weekly, 26 September 2009. |
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‘Rethinking Social Justice’, Seminar, September 2009. |
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(with Suhas Palshikar) Principal State-level Contests and Derivative National Choices:
Mapping Electoral Trends in India, 2004-2009, Economic and Political Weekly, February 2009. |
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(with Suhas Palshikar) “Ten theses on state politics”, Seminar, November 2008. |
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(with D. L Sheth) ‘Editor’s introduction’ to Electoral Politics, eds. D. L. Sheth and Yogendra Yadav, New Delhi: Sage Publications (forthcoming) |
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“The paradox of political representation”, Seminar, October 2008. |
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(With Peter R. deSouza and Suhas Palshikar) “Democracy Barometers: Surveying South Asia” Journal of Democracy, January 2008 |
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“Epilogue: What does fieldwork do in the field of elections?” in A M Shah, The Grassroots of Democracy: Field Studies of Indian Elections, Delhi: Permanent Black, 2007 |
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(with Alfred Stepan and Juan J. Linz) “Nation State” or “State Nation”? India in Comparative Perspective in Shankar Bajpai, ed. Democracies and Diversity: India and the American Experience. Delhi and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006. |
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(With Suhas Palshikar) “How Deep is Support for Democracy in South Asia?” Forum, [A journal published from Dhaka] Volume 1, Number 1, October 2006. |
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(with Satish Deshpande) “Redesigning Affirmative Action : Castes and Benefits in Higher Education”, Economic and Political Weekly, Volume 41 No 24 June 18, 2006. |
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‘The Elusive Mandate of 2004’ Economic and Political Weekly, Vol XXXIX (No 51), December 18, 2004. Pp 5383-98. |
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‘Open contest, closed options’. Seminar, February 2004 |
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‘Ikkeesween sadi ka kujat Lohiyawad’ Samayik Varta, 2003 |
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‘The new Congress voter’. Seminar, June 2003 |
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‘From hegemony to convergence: Party system and electoral politics in the Indian states, 1952-2002’ Journal of Indian Institute of Political Economy, XV (1&2), January-June 2003. |
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(with Rajeeva L. Karandikar and Clive Payne) ‘Predicting the 1998 Indian Parliamentary Elections’ Electoral Studies, vol. 21 (2002), pp.69-89. |
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‘A Radical Agenda for Political Reforms’ Seminar, vol. 506 [Reforming Politics], October 2001 |
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“Whose democracy? Which Reforms?: A Plea for Democratic Agenda for Electoral Reforms” in Subhash C. Kashyap et.al.(eds) Reviewing the Constitutions? Delhi: Shipra, 2000 |
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“Understanding the Second Democratic Upsurge: Trends of Bahujan Participation in Electoral Politics in the 1990s” in Francine R. Frankel, Zoya Hasan, Rajeeva Bhargava and Balveer Arora eds., Transforming India: Social and Political Dynamics of Democracy, Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2000, pp. 120-145 . Marathi version in Bharatiya Rajkeeya Vyavastha: Prakiya Ani Swaroop (eds.) Prakash Bal and Kishore Bedkihal, Satara: Ambedkar Academy, 2002. |
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“Politics” in Marshall Bouton and Philip Oldenburg eds. India Briefing: A Transformative Fifty Years, New York: M. E. Sharpe, 1999, pp. 3-38. Hindi version in Abhay Dube (ed.) Rajneeti ke Saat Adhyay, New Delhi: Vani Prakashan, 2002. |
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“Bharat ko loktantra ka naya shastra garhana hoga”, Samayik Varta, Annual Number, August-September 2000. |
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“Uttaradhunikatavadiyon se kuchh sawal” Hans, September 2000. |
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“The Third Electoral System”, Seminar [480: A symposium on the state of our polity and the political system], August 1999 |
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“Electoral Politics in the Time of Change: India’s Third Electoral System, 1989-99”, Economic and Political Weekly, Volume XXXIV(No. 34 and 35), August 21-28, 1999, pp. 2393-9. |
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(with Anthony Heath) “The United Colours of Congress: Social Profile of Congress Voters, 1996 and 1998”, Economic and Political Weekly, Volume XXXIV(No. 34 and 35), August 21-28, 1999, pp. 2518- 2528. |
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“Vaikalpik Rajniti ki Vaikalpik Ran-niti” , Samayik Varta and Andolan, 1999 |
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“India, Monograph No. 2 in the series Comparative Electoral Systems in South Asia (Colombo: International Centre for Ethnic Studies, 1997). |
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“CTBT aur Bharatiya Paramanu Bomb ka Charitra” Samayik Varta, August 1998 |
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“Bebas Matdata aur Nikkami Sarkaren” Samayik Varta, December 1998 |
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`Electoral Reforms: Beyond Middle Class Fantasies', Seminar, 440 [The Election Carnival: A Symposium on Issues Thoughts and Theories around the 1996 Election] , April 1996. |
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`Reconfigurations in Indian Politics: State Assembly Elections, 1993-95' Economic and Political Weekly XXXI (2&3) January 13-20, 1996. Hindi Translation in Samay Chetna. |
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`On the Necessity of Politics' (with Kishen Pattnayak) Lokayan Bulletin, 11(4), January-February 1995. |
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`Electoral Prospects' Seminar, 417 [The BJP: A Symposium on the Party's Views and Prospects], May 1994: 59-63. |
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`Political Change in North India: Interpreting Assembly Election Results', Economic and Political Weekly, XXVIII (51), 18 December 1993: 2767-74. |
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`Towards an Indian Agenda for the Indian Left', Economic and Political Weekly, 9 October 1993: 2199-201. |
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`Four Questions for Gandhians', Lokayan Bulletin, 10(2), September-October 1993: 37-42; Hindi translation, Samayik Varta, May 1994. |
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`A Report on Narnaul (Haryana) Firing' PUCL Bulletin, XIII(10), October 1993: 2-3, 6. First published as `Police Went Berserk in Narnaul' The Tribune, 15 September 1993. |
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`Future of a Pidgin Socialism', Seminar, 407 [Left Dilemmas: A Symposium on the Future of the Indian Left], July 1993: 20-26. |
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`Soviet Collapse: Does it Make any Difference to the Indian Left?' in Bhupinder Brar, ed., Soviet Collapse: Implications for India, Delhi: Ajanta, 1993: 21-33. |
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`The Problem' and `Polls, Predictions, Psephology', Seminar, 385 [Beyond the Vote: A Symposium on 1991 Election and After], September 1991. |
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`JP's Changing Ideas on Social Change' in Nageshwar Prasad, ed., J.P. and Social Change, Delhi: Radiant, 1992: 48-63. |
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`Theories of the Indian State', Seminar, 367 [Politics of the State], March 1990: 16-20. |
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`Whither Subaltern Studies?' New Quest, 76, July-August, 1989: 245-50. |
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`Marxian-Socialism to Democratic Socialism: Ideology of the Congress Socialist Party, 1934-47' Punjab Journal of Politics, XI (1-2) 1987: 75-92. |
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`Political Science: Positivist Method and Philosophic Critiques' Indian Journal of Political Science, October - December, 1986: 502-17. |
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`Colletti's Critique of Marcuse', Teaching Politics, XI (3 & 4) 1985: 59-71. |
Articles in Newspapers/Magazine
About 250 articles including the following:
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A series of sixteen articles on making sense of general election to Lok Sabha, most of the articles simultaneously published by The Hindu (English), Dainik Bhaskar and Prabhat Khabar (Hindi), Rashtriya Sahara (Urdu), Ajeet (Punjabi), Divya Bhaskar (Gujrati), Lokmat (Marathi), Mathrubhumi (Malyalam), Sakshi (Telugu), Vijaya Karnataka (Kannada), Sambad (Oriya), Ananda Bazar Patrika (Bangla), Janmabhoomi (Assamiya), March –May 2009. |
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‘Beyond the Blue’ A series of seven articles on the outcome of the assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, Indian Express and Jansatta, May 2007. |
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‘State of the Nation’, A series of articles on the six monthly nation-wide poll. Published in Hindustan Times and The Hindu, 2006-07. |
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A special series of 30 articles on electoral battleground of the fourteenth general elections to Lok Sabha, The Hindu, April-May 2004. Hindi versions on the website of BBC Hindi service. Translations published in Dainik Bhaskar, Prabhat Khabar (Hindi), Eenadu (Telugu), Prajavani (Kannada), Anandabazar Patrika (Bengali) and Loksatta (Marathi) |
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A daily column for 20 days in Dainik Bhaskar on the experiences of the Sampoorna Kranti Yatra in Haryana, March 2002 |
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“The paradox of political representation”, Seminar, October 2008. |
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A weekly column in Hindi in Hindustan, Nai Dunia, Deshbandhu, Nai Dunia (Urdu), Sakal (Marathi), Ajit (Punjabi), Vartha (Telugu) and Samaj (Oriya) during 2000-2001 |
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A ten-part series on psephology in India Today in 1998 |
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Regular commentaries on election results in Frontline, 1992 – 200 |
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Commentaries on electoral prospects or outcome based on analysis of aggregate and survey data in Frontline, The Hindu, The Hindustan Times, India Today, Indian Express etc. |
CURRICULUM VITAE
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