Subrata K. Mitra

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

education

Subrata Mitra received a bachelor's degree in political science from Utkal University in Orissa , India. He then obtained an MA in political science in 1971 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 an 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 with William Riker and Bruce Bueno de Mesquita and received his doctorate in political science from G. Bingham Powell in 1976 (title of the dissertation: "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 Center for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS) in New Delhi. Guest stays took him from 1979 to 1982 to the Maison des Sciences de l'Homme in Paris and to the Ruhr University in Bochum . From 1982 to 1985 Mitra worked as head of the research and data analysis department for the polling institute Institut Francais d'Opinion Publique (IFOP) in Paris.

Subrata Mitra taught Indian Politics at the University of Hull in Great Britain from 1985 until 1994. At the University of California, Berkeley , he held the Indo-American Community Chair in India Studies in 1994, before being appointed to a professorship for political science in South Asia and as a department head at the South Asia Institute at Heidelberg University. He was also visiting professor at the Universities of Nottingham and Hyderabad (India) . Mitra received the Chevalier dans l ' Ordre de la Palme Academique award in 2004 for its commitment to German-French cooperation .

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

research

Mitra's research focuses on the comparison of the politics of Indian states, the functioning of political parties, organizations and political movements, the role of South Asian states in international politics, the field of democratization and the comparison of democratic political systems, as well as research on the topic "Political control / governance". In particular, he is concerned with the conflict between modern political institutions and traditional societies in 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 / Europa Publications, 2006.

items

  • Nuclear, Engaged, and Non-Aligned: Contradiction and Coherence in India's Foreign Policy, India Quarterly: A Journal of International Affairs , Vol. 65, No. 1, pp. 15-35 (2009).
  • Level playing fields: The Post-colonial State, Democracy, Courts and Citizenship in India, German Law Journal , 9: 3, 2008, pp. 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 (Sep 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, pp. 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 (Nov. 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.
  • Desecularizing 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 (Nov. 1979), pp. 283-299.

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