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Aditya Dasgupta
Aditya Dasgupta is an assistant professor of political science at the University of California, Merced. He completed his Ph.D. from Harvard University, and has previously been a postdoctoral fellow at Stanford University. His research interests are in comparative politics, political economy, and economic history, with a focus on the rural sector as well as organisations, such as political parties and bureaucracy.
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When technology disrupts politics: Lessons from India’s green revolution
The green revolution transformed India’s agricultural sector between 1960s and 1980s. Did this technological revolution in agriculture translate into a political revolution? This article shows that winners of this technological change – the agricultural producers – prospered in its wake and sought a greater share of political representation. This played a key role in India’s historical transition from single-party dominance to multi-party competition in elections.
Rethinking clientelism: Politics of service delivery in rural India
Clientelism is often blamed for public service delivery failures in developing countries. While the top-down drivers of political support in exchange for service delivery for specific constituents is well-documented, local grassroots influence and the effect of democratic mobilisation by local communities are less well-understood. This column looks at the value of combining top-down influence with bottom-up community mobilisation to exert stronger pressures on improving anti-poverty programme outcomes.
Strategically greasing the wheels: The political economy of India’s rural employment guarantee scheme
Inefficient and capacity-constrained bureaucracies often pose a significant hurdle to the effective implementation of anti-poverty programmes in developing countries.