Contributor : Profile
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.
Posts by Aditya Dasgupta
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 ...
- Aditya Dasgupta
- 14 January, 2019
- Articles
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 ...
- Aditya Dasgupta
- 19 April, 2016
- Perspectives
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.
- Aditya Dasgupta James Robinson
- 31 March, 2015
- IGC Research on India