Kanchan Chandra
Political scientist (born 1971)
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Kanchan Chandra (born 20 January 1971) is a political scientist who is currently Professor of Politics at New 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.
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| Born | 20 January 1971 |
| 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 |
Chandra graduated from Dartmouth College in 1993, and earned a Ph.D. degree from Harvard 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 the National 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 book Why 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 of Constructivist Theories of Ethnic Politics: 2012 [3] (2012) and Democratic Dynasties: State, Party and Family Politics in India (2016).[4]
