Kanchan Chandra | |
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| Born | (1971-01-20)20 January 1971 (age 55) |
| Citizenship | United States |
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| Alma mater | Dartmouth College(BA) Harvard University(PhD) |
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| Discipline | Political science |
| Sub-discipline | Comparative politics |
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| Main interests | Democracy,Constructivism,Ethnic politics |
Kanchan Chandra (born 20 January 1971) is apolitical scientist who is currently Professor of Politics atNew York University. She has made significant research contributions on a range of subjects in political science including comparative ethnic politics,constructivism, democratic theory, intrastate conflict, patronage and clientelism, and South Asian politics.
Chandra graduated fromDartmouth College in 1993, and earned a Ph.D. degree fromHarvard University in 2000. She was a faculty member in the political science department at MIT from 2000 to 2005 before joining the NYU Politics Department in 2005.[1]
Chandra is the recipient of fellowships and awards from theNational Science Foundation,John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation,Russell Sage Foundation, and SSRC-MacArthur Foundation.[1]
Chandra is the author of three books, as well as numerous academic articles. Her first bookWhy Ethnic Parties Succeed: Patronage and Ethnic Headcounts in India, was published by Cambridge University Press in 2004 and has since been very widely cited.[2] She is also the lead author ofConstructivist Theories of Ethnic Politics: 2012[3] (2012) andDemocratic Dynasties: State, Party and Family Politics in India (2016).[4]
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