Research

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Monographs and Edited Volumes


Divided We Govern


The Indian Ideology


Understanding India’s New Political Economy

Peer Reviewed Papers


Contesting the Right to Law: Courts and Constitutionalism in India and China


Minimum Government, Maximum Governance: The Restructuring Power in Modi’s India


Rethinking theories of institutional moderation - Hindu nationalism 1996-2004


India’s New Rights Agenda: Genesis, Promises, Risks


How the Politics of Recognition Enabled India’s Democratic Exceptionalism


Rethinking Institutional Theories of Political Moderation: The Case of Hindu Nationalism in India


Minimum Government Modi Managing the United Progressive Alliance - the challenges ahead

Policy Oriented Reports


Progress despite Regression: National Rural Health Mission in India


Enacting Socioeconomic Rights: Lessons from India


Governance and Development in Afghanistan


Local Perceptions of the State in Afghanistan


A Conceptual Framework for Understanding Development Effectiveness


Policy-Oriented Study of the Asian Developmental State and Poverty Reduction: Going Beyond History

The Opportunities and Challenges of Courting India


Public Essays


Modi’s Saffron Democracy

Dissent, Spring 2019


Pandemic failure, democratic backslide in India

OpenCanada, 15 July 2021

The BJP’s Drive for Hegemony

Dissent, 22 May 2024


Working Papers


A Progressive Juristocracy? The Unexpected Social Activism of India’s Supreme Court


The Role of Judgment in Explanations of Politics


A surprising convergence: the politics of India and China under Narendra Modi and Xi Jinping

The corrosion of democracy in India


When the dangers of backsliding may be greater than breakdown: reflections from India


Conference Presentations


The shifting dynamics of diaspora politics in Canada: towards a new framework

12 September 2025

Sanjay Ruparelia and Phil Triadafilopoulos (University of Toronto)

2025 American Political Science Association Annual Meeting (Vancouver)


Development, Education, Civil Society Collaboration

02 October 2025

Inaugural Indo-Pacific Forum, Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada.


Assembling India’s Constitution: A New Democratic History

23 October 2025

53rd Annual Conference on South Asia, University of Wisconsin, Madison