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.

Kanchan Chandra
Born (1971-01-20) 20 January 1971 (age 53)
CitizenshipUnited States
Academic background
Alma materDartmouth College (BA)
Harvard University (PhD)
Academic work
DisciplinePolitical science
Sub-disciplineComparative politics
Institutions
Main interestsDemocracy, 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.[2]

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.[3] She is also the lead author of Constructivist Theories of Ethnic Politics: 2012 [4] (2012) and Democratic Dynasties: State, Party and Family Politics in India (2016).[5]

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  1. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-06-03. Retrieved 2018-08-30.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-06-03. Retrieved 2018-08-30.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C33&q=Kanchan+Chandra&btnG= Google Scholar
  4. ^ Chandra, Kanchan (25 October 2012). Constructivist Theories of Ethnic Politics. ISBN 978-0199893171.
  5. ^ "Democratic Dynasties | South Asian government, politics and policy".
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