Suhas Palshikar (academic)


Suhas Palshikar is an Indian academic and social and political scientist. He taught political science at Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, and is chief editor of Studies in Indian Politics.

Career

He taught at the S P College, Pune for eleven years from 1978 to 1989. He is co director of Lokniti, CSDS and was Professor in the Department of Politics and Public Administration at the Savitribai Phule Pune University from 1989 to 2016. He is also the Chief Editor of the journal Studies in Indian Politics. He specialised in the areas of Political Process in India, Politics of Maharashtra, Political Sociology of Democracy.

Books

1. Rajkaran Jidnyasa, 2025, Sadhana, Pune.
2. The Last Fortress of Congress Dominance: Maharashtra since the 1990s,, 2021, Sage, New Delhi.
3. Politics and Society Between Elections: Public Opinion in India's States, co-edited with Siddharth Swaminathan, December 2020, Routledge, London.
4. Reading India: Selections from Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 3: 191-2017; Edited by Pulapre Balakrishnan, Suhas Palshikar and Nandini Sundar, 2019, Orient Blackswan, Hyderabad.
5. Indian Democracy, 2017, OISI Series, OUP, New Delhi.
6. Electoral Politics in India: Resurgence of Bharatiya Janata Party, London & New York, Routledge, 2017, Editors: Suhas Palshikar, Sanjay Kumar & Sanjay Lodha
7. Party Competition in Indian States: Electoral Politics in Post-Congress Polity, Suhas Palshikar, K.C. Suri and Yogendra Yadav, 2014, New Delhi, OUP.
8. Desh-Pradesh: Pradeshik Rajakaranachya Badalatya Disha, 2014, Pune, Unique Academy.
9. Raajakaaranaach Taaleband: Bharatiy Lokashahichi Vaatachaal, 2013, Pune, Sadhana.
10. Lokshahi: Arth ani Vyavahar, Dec. 2010,, Marathi Translation by Chitra Lele, Pune, Diamond.
11. Lokshahi Zindabad, August 2010,, Pune, Samakaaleen Prakashan.
12. Bharatatil Pradeshik Pakshanche Rajkaran, 2009,, Pune, Sadhana.
13. State of Democracy in South Asia, 2008, with Yogendra Yadav, Peter de Souza, et al, New Delhi, OUP.
14. Maharashtratil Sattasangharsh, 2007,, Pune, Samakaaleen Prakashan.
15. Jamatwad, Dharmanirapekshata ani Lokshahi, 2006, Pune, Pratima.
16. Indian Democracy: Meanings and Practices, 2004, New Delhi, Sage,.
17. Journal of Indian School of Political Economy, 2003; Vol. 15, Nos. 1 & 2, Special Issue on Electoral Politics in Indian States, Guest edited with Yogendra Yadav.
18. Samakaleen Bharatiya Rajkaran, 2004, Pune, Pratima Prakashan.
19. Maharashtrache Rajakaran: Rajakiy Prakriyeche Sthanik Sandarbh,, 2004, Pune, Pratima Prakashan, 2nd edition: 2007; 3rd edition: 2009.
20. Jat ani Maharashtratil Sattakaran, 1998, Pune. Sugava,.
21. Shiv Sena: Nim-fascist Mohinividyecha Prayog,, 1996, Satara, Ambedkar Academy.
22. Maharashtratil Sattantar, 1996, co-author, Bombay, Granthali.
23. Satyagrahi Samajvad: Acharya Javdekar Nivadak Lekh Sangraha, 1994, Bombay, Sahitya Sanskriti Mandal, Govt. of Maharashtra.
24. Ambedkaranche Hindukaran, 1994, Satara, Ambedkar Academy. New Edition: 2019, Hariti, Pune
25. Ambedkaranchya Vicharacha Ashay,, 1991, Ichalkaranji, Samajvadi Prabodhini.
26. Rajyashastra Kosh,, 1987, Marathi,, Pune, Dastane Ramchandra Co.