Research Bio

Pradeep Chhibber studies the political parties, party systems, representation, and the politics of South Asia. He has written Righteous Demagogues: Populist Politics in South Asia and Beyond, Oxford University Press, 2024 (with Adnan Naseemullah); India Tomorrow: Conversations with Next Generation Leaders, Oxford University Press, 2020 (with Harsh Shah); Ideology and Identity: The Changing Party System of India, Oxford University Press, 2018 (with Rahul Verma);  Religious Practice and Democracy in India, Cambridge University Press, 2014 (with Sandeep Shastri); The Formation of National Party Systems: Federalism and Party Competition in Britain, Canada, India, and the U.S., Princeton University Press, 2004 (with Ken Kollman); and Democracy without Association: Transformation of Party Systems and Social Cleavages in India, University of Michigan Press 1999. 

Pradeep is the Indo-American Community Chair in India Studies at the University of California, Berkeley.

Research Expertise and Interest

political parties, South Asia, electoral politics, politics of India