Subrata K. Mitra

Subrata Kumar Mitra ( born June 16, 1949 in India) is Professor of Political Science of South Asia at the Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences of the University of Heidelberg. Mitra is a French citizen.

Training

Subrata Mitra received a bachelor's degree in political science from Utkal University in Orissa, India. Subsequently, he earned a 1971 M. A. in political science with a thesis entitled " The Role of the Bharatiya Kranti Dal in the Politics of Uttar Pradesh, 1967-1970 " at the University of Delhi. After completing a M.Phil degree in " Political Development " at Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi Mitra moved to the United States at the University of Rochester in Rochester (New York). There he studied under William Riker, and Bruce Bueno de Mesquita and was founded in 1976 by ​​G. Bingham Powell in political science PhD ( dissertation title: " Ideological Structure, Strategy and Cabinet Stability: a theoretical and empirical exploration" ).

Academic Career

From 1977 to 1979, Subrata Mitra worked for the Indian Council of Social Science Research ( ICSSR ) and the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies ( CSDS ) in New Delhi. He held visiting professorships from 1979 to 1982 at the Maison des Sciences de l' Homme in Paris and at the Ruhr- University Bochum. From 1982 to 1985 Mitra worked as head of research and data analysis for the opinion research institute Institut Francais d' Opinion Publique ( FIFG ) in Paris.

From 1985 to 1994 taught Subrata Mitra Indian Politics at the University of Hull in the UK. At the University of California, Berkeley, he held the 1994 Indo- American Community Chair in India Studies before he was appointed Professor of Political Science of South Asia and as head of the South Asia Institute of Heidelberg University. Further guest professorships at the Universities of Nottingham, he took and Hyderabad (India) true. Mitra received the award Chevalier dans l' Ordre de la Palme Academique for his involvement in the Franco-German cooperation in 2004.

From 2002 to 2004 he was Managing Director of the South Asia Institute of Heidelberg University and from 2002 to 2006 Chairman of the Joint Research Committee in Political Sociology of the International Political Science Association and the International Sociological Association.

Research

The research focuses Mitras lying on the comparison of the policies of Indian states, the functioning of political parties, organizations and political movements on the role of South Asian states in international politics, in the field of democratization and the comparison of democratic political systems, as well as research on the topic " governance / governance ". In particular, it deals with the confrontation of modern political institutions with the traditional societies of South Asia.

Works (selection)

  • Power, Protest and Participation: Local Elites and Development in India. Routledge, 1992.
  • Democracy and Social Change in India: A Cross - sectional Analysis of the Indian Electorate (Co-author ). Sage, 1999.
  • Culture and Rationality: The Politics of Social Change in Post- colonial India. Sage, 1999.
  • Political Parties in South Asia ( co-editor ). Praeger, 2004.
  • The Puzzle of India 's Governance: Culture, Context and Comparative Theory. Routledge, 2006.
  • A Political and Economic Dictionary of South Asia ( co-author ). Taylor & Francis / Europe Publications, 2006.

Article

  • Nuclear, Engaged, and Non -Aligned: Contradiction and Coherence in India's Foreign Policy, India Quarterly: A Journal of International Affairs, Vol 65, No. 1, p.15 -35 ( 2009).
  • Level playing field: The Post- colonial State, Democracy, Courts and Citizenship in India, German Law Journal, 9:3, 2008, S.343 - 366.
  • The new Dynamics of Indian Foreign Policy and Its Ambiguities (co -author ), Irish Studies in International Affairs, Volume 18, 2007, pp. 19-34.
  • The role of research in a technical assistance agency: the case of the ' German Agency for Technical Cooperation ' (co -author ), Health Policy, 70 ( 2004), pp. 229-241.
  • The reluctant hegemon: India 's self perception and the South Asian strategic environment. Contemporary South Asia, 12:3 (September 2003 ), pp. 399-418.
  • Sacred Laws and the Secular State: An Analytical Narrative of the Controversy over Personal Laws in India (co -author ), India Review, 2002, 1:3, p.99 - 130.
  • War and Peace in South Asia: a revisionist view of India- Pakistan relations. Contemporary South Asia ( 2001), 10:3, pp. 361-379.
  • Language and Federalism: The Multi-ethnic Challenge. International Social Science Journal, no. 167, March 2001, pp. 51-60.
  • The discourse vanishes: revolution and resilience in Indian politics. Contemporary South Asia, 9:3 (November 2000 ), pp. 355-366.
  • Parties and the People: India 's party system and the resilience of democracy. ( Co -author ), Democratization VI ( 1), Spring 1999, pp. 123-154.
  • Effects of Institutional Arrangements on Political Stability in South Asia. Annual Review of Political Science (1999: 2 ), pp. 405-428.
  • Nehru 's policy towards Kashmir: Bringing politics back in again. Commonwealth and Comparative Politics, Vol 35 (2 ), 1996, pp. 55-74.
  • The rational politics of cultural nationalism: subnational movements of South Asia in comparative perspective. British Journal of Political Science, 25:1 ( January 1995), pp. 57-78.
  • The National Front in France: The Emergence of an Extreme Right Protest Movement. ( Co -author ), Comparative Politics, Vol 25, No. 1 ( October 1992), pp. 63-82.
  • Desecularising the state: religion and politics in India after independence. Comparative Studies in Society and History, 33:4 ( October 1991), pp. 755-777.
  • Crisis and resilience in Indian democracy. International Social Science Journal, 129 ( August 1991 ), pp. 555-570.
  • Room to maneuver in the middle: local elites, political action and the state in India. World Politics, 43:3 ( April 1991), pp. 490-413.
  • The limits of accommodation: Nehru, religion and the state in India. South Asia Research, 9:2 ( November 1989), pp. 107-127.
  • The paradox of power - political science as morality play. Commonwealth and Comparative Politics, 1988 ( November ) Vol 26 (3 ), pp. 318-337.
  • The National Front in France: A Single - Issue Movement? . West European Politics, 11: 2 (1988 ), pp. 47-64.
  • India: dynastic rule or the Democratisation of power? . Third World Quarterly, 10:1 ( January 1988 ), pp. 129-159.
  • A theory of governmental instability in parliamentary systems. Comparative Political Studies, 13:2 ( July 1980), pp. 235-263.
  • Ballot box and local power: electoral politics in an Indian village. Commonwealth & Comparative Politics, 17:3 ( November 1979), pp. 283-299.
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