Sanjay Ruparelia

Sanjay Ruparelia (Ph.D. University of Cambridge) is an Assistant Professor of Politics at the New School for Social Research.  Ruparelia concentrates on comparative politics, political economy of development, theories of democracy, philosophies of explanation, modern South Asia with particular reference to India. His current research addresses several phenomena in modern Indian politics and their linkages: militant Hindu nationalism; the rise of communist, caste and regional parties; the politics of the Congress; the prospects and difficulties of federal coalition governments; the political economy of reform. Theoretically, it focuses on the importance and limits of judgment, the role of political institutions and questions of temporality in explaining political outcomes.
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currently teaching