journal articles
"Why So Little Strategic Voting in India?" (with Oliver Heath). Forthcoming. American Political Science Review.
"Varieties of Electoral Dominance." Forthcoming. Comparative Politics.
"Rethinking the Study of Electoral Politics in the Developing World: Reflections on the Indian Case" (with Adam Michael Auerbach, Jennifer Bussell, Simon Chauchard, Francesca Refsum Jensenius, Gareth Nellis, Mark Schneider, Neelanjan Sircar, Pavithra Suryanarayan, Tariq Thachil, Milan Vaishnav, and Rahul Verma). 2022. Perspectives on Politics 20 (1): 250-264.
"The Authoritarian Origins of Dominant Parties in Democracies: Opposition Fragmentation and Asymmetric Competition in India." 2021. Studies in Comparative International Development 56 (4): 435-462.
"What Accounts for Duverger's Law? The Behavioral Mechanisms Underpinning Two-Party Convergence in India." 2021. Electoral Studies 73 (October): 102382.
"A New Dominant Party in India? Putting the 2019 BJP Victory into Comparative and Historical Perspective." 2020. India Review 19 (2): 136-152.
"Ethnic Parties in New Democracies: The Case of Myanmar 2015." (with Jangai Jap). 2020. Electoral Studies 65 (June): 102131.
"How Do Electoral Quotas Influence Political Competition? Evidence from Municipal, State, and National Elections in India" (with Adam Michael Auerbach). 2020. Journal of Politics 82 (1): 397-401.
"Alliance Politics Amid the BJP's Rise: More Continuity than Change in 2019." 2019. Studies in Indian Politics 7 (2): 191-205.
"Social Cleavages, Party Organization, and the End of Single-Party Dominance: Insights from India" (with Maya Tudor). 2019. Comparative Politics 51 (1): 149-168.
"Electoral Volatility and Turnout: Party Entry and Exit in Indian National Elections" (with Oliver Heath). 2018. Journal of Politics 80 (2): 570-584.
"How Opposition Parties Sustain Single-Party Dominance: Lessons from India" (with Maya Tudor). 2017. Party Politics 23 (3): 262-273.
"Candidate Characteristics in Indian Elections: Who Wins Votes?" 2015. Asian Survey 55 (5): 1018-1043.
"Socioeconomic Status and Corruption Perceptions around the World" (with Kentaro Maeda). 2015. Research and Politics 2 (2): 1-9
"Are Higher-Magnitude Electoral Districts Always Better for Small Parties?" 2013. Electoral Studies 32 (1): 63-77.
"Coalition Government and Party System Change: Explaining the Rise of Regional Parties in India." 2012. Comparative Politics 45 (1): 69-87.
other academic writing (**denotes peer-reviewed)
Review of Mobilizing the Marginalized: Ethnic Parties without Ethnic Movements. 2020. By Amit Ahuja. New York: Oxford University Press, 2019. Perspectives on Politics 18 (3): 975-976.
"Electoral Systems in Context: India." 2018. In Erik S. Herron, Robert Pekkanen, and Matthew Søberg Shugart, eds. Oxford Handbook of Electoral Systems. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 699-720.
**"Dynasticism across Indian Political Parties." 2016. In Kanchan Chandra, ed., Democratic Dynasties in Contemporary India.
Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 97-126.
**"Subnational Democratization in India: The Role of Colonial Competition and Central Intervention." 2016. In Laurence Whitehead and Jacqueline Behrend, eds. Illiberal Practices: Territorial Variance within Large Federal Democracies. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 49-86 (with Maya Tudor).
Review of Elite Parties, Poor Voters: How Social Services Win Votes in India. 2015. By Tariq Thachil. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2014. Journal of Politics 77 (4): e11-12.
"Tamil Nadu." 2013. In Atul Kohli and Prerna Singh (eds.), Routledge Handbook of Indian Politics. London: Routledge, 282-290.
working papers
"Bringing Down Dominant Parties: The Determinants of Opposition Coordination in Indian States"
"Voting for an Ally? How Voters Respond to Pre-Election Alliances in India"
"Rule of Law and Electoral Politics: Why Some Elections Are Candidate-Centered and Others Are Party-Centered" (with Sam Frantz)
commentary on Indian elections
"The Politics of Pre-Election Alliances in India," India in Transition, August 1, 2016
"India's ruling party just lost an important election. So what?" Washington Post (Monkey Cage), November 10, 2015
"Does Modi get all the credit for BJP win? Jury's still out," Times of India, May 25, 2014
"India's election isn't as historic as people think," Washington Post (Monkey Cage), May 16, 2014
"Why the Rise of Regional Parties Isn't So Bad," India in Transition, October 11, 2010
"How can the Congress make it on its own?," Indian Express, September 22, 2009
"Heads you win, tails I lose," Indian Express, December 31, 2008
"The rise of the rest," Indian Express, July 25, 2008
"Sweat the small stuff," Indian Express, July 11, 2008
my co-authors
Adam Auerbach, American University
Samuel Frantz, George Washington University
Oliver Heath, Royal Holloway, University of London
Jangai Jap, George Washington University
Kentaro Maeda, University of Tokyo
Maya Tudor, University of Oxford
"Why So Little Strategic Voting in India?" (with Oliver Heath). Forthcoming. American Political Science Review.
"Varieties of Electoral Dominance." Forthcoming. Comparative Politics.
"Rethinking the Study of Electoral Politics in the Developing World: Reflections on the Indian Case" (with Adam Michael Auerbach, Jennifer Bussell, Simon Chauchard, Francesca Refsum Jensenius, Gareth Nellis, Mark Schneider, Neelanjan Sircar, Pavithra Suryanarayan, Tariq Thachil, Milan Vaishnav, and Rahul Verma). 2022. Perspectives on Politics 20 (1): 250-264.
"The Authoritarian Origins of Dominant Parties in Democracies: Opposition Fragmentation and Asymmetric Competition in India." 2021. Studies in Comparative International Development 56 (4): 435-462.
"What Accounts for Duverger's Law? The Behavioral Mechanisms Underpinning Two-Party Convergence in India." 2021. Electoral Studies 73 (October): 102382.
"A New Dominant Party in India? Putting the 2019 BJP Victory into Comparative and Historical Perspective." 2020. India Review 19 (2): 136-152.
"Ethnic Parties in New Democracies: The Case of Myanmar 2015." (with Jangai Jap). 2020. Electoral Studies 65 (June): 102131.
"How Do Electoral Quotas Influence Political Competition? Evidence from Municipal, State, and National Elections in India" (with Adam Michael Auerbach). 2020. Journal of Politics 82 (1): 397-401.
"Alliance Politics Amid the BJP's Rise: More Continuity than Change in 2019." 2019. Studies in Indian Politics 7 (2): 191-205.
"Social Cleavages, Party Organization, and the End of Single-Party Dominance: Insights from India" (with Maya Tudor). 2019. Comparative Politics 51 (1): 149-168.
"Electoral Volatility and Turnout: Party Entry and Exit in Indian National Elections" (with Oliver Heath). 2018. Journal of Politics 80 (2): 570-584.
"How Opposition Parties Sustain Single-Party Dominance: Lessons from India" (with Maya Tudor). 2017. Party Politics 23 (3): 262-273.
"Candidate Characteristics in Indian Elections: Who Wins Votes?" 2015. Asian Survey 55 (5): 1018-1043.
"Socioeconomic Status and Corruption Perceptions around the World" (with Kentaro Maeda). 2015. Research and Politics 2 (2): 1-9
"Are Higher-Magnitude Electoral Districts Always Better for Small Parties?" 2013. Electoral Studies 32 (1): 63-77.
"Coalition Government and Party System Change: Explaining the Rise of Regional Parties in India." 2012. Comparative Politics 45 (1): 69-87.
other academic writing (**denotes peer-reviewed)
Review of Mobilizing the Marginalized: Ethnic Parties without Ethnic Movements. 2020. By Amit Ahuja. New York: Oxford University Press, 2019. Perspectives on Politics 18 (3): 975-976.
"Electoral Systems in Context: India." 2018. In Erik S. Herron, Robert Pekkanen, and Matthew Søberg Shugart, eds. Oxford Handbook of Electoral Systems. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 699-720.
**"Dynasticism across Indian Political Parties." 2016. In Kanchan Chandra, ed., Democratic Dynasties in Contemporary India.
Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 97-126.
**"Subnational Democratization in India: The Role of Colonial Competition and Central Intervention." 2016. In Laurence Whitehead and Jacqueline Behrend, eds. Illiberal Practices: Territorial Variance within Large Federal Democracies. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 49-86 (with Maya Tudor).
Review of Elite Parties, Poor Voters: How Social Services Win Votes in India. 2015. By Tariq Thachil. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2014. Journal of Politics 77 (4): e11-12.
"Tamil Nadu." 2013. In Atul Kohli and Prerna Singh (eds.), Routledge Handbook of Indian Politics. London: Routledge, 282-290.
working papers
"Bringing Down Dominant Parties: The Determinants of Opposition Coordination in Indian States"
"Voting for an Ally? How Voters Respond to Pre-Election Alliances in India"
"Rule of Law and Electoral Politics: Why Some Elections Are Candidate-Centered and Others Are Party-Centered" (with Sam Frantz)
commentary on Indian elections
"The Politics of Pre-Election Alliances in India," India in Transition, August 1, 2016
"India's ruling party just lost an important election. So what?" Washington Post (Monkey Cage), November 10, 2015
"Does Modi get all the credit for BJP win? Jury's still out," Times of India, May 25, 2014
"India's election isn't as historic as people think," Washington Post (Monkey Cage), May 16, 2014
"Why the Rise of Regional Parties Isn't So Bad," India in Transition, October 11, 2010
"How can the Congress make it on its own?," Indian Express, September 22, 2009
"Heads you win, tails I lose," Indian Express, December 31, 2008
"The rise of the rest," Indian Express, July 25, 2008
"Sweat the small stuff," Indian Express, July 11, 2008
my co-authors
Adam Auerbach, American University
Samuel Frantz, George Washington University
Oliver Heath, Royal Holloway, University of London
Jangai Jap, George Washington University
Kentaro Maeda, University of Tokyo
Maya Tudor, University of Oxford
