Dr Rochana Bajpai
BA (Baroda); MA (JNU, Delhi); MPhil, DPhil (Oxford)
Overview
Department of Politics and International Studies
Senior Lecturer in the Politics of Asia / Africa
Centre of South Asian Studies
Member, Centre of South Asian Studies
Centre for the International Politics of Conflict, Rights and Justice
Member
- Name:
- Dr Rochana Bajpai
- Email address:
- rb6@soas.ac.uk
- Telephone:
- 020 7898 4750
- Address:
- SOAS, University of London
Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG - Building:
- Russell Square: College Buildings
- Office No:
- 208
- Office Hours:
- Wednesdays 1-3pm
Teaching
Programmes Convened
Courses Taught
- Approaches to Comparative Political Thought
- Government and politics of modern South Asia
- Introduction to political theory
PhD Students supervised
- Alexej Ulbricht, Antinomies of Multicultural Reason: liberalism, community and difference
- Priyadarshini Singh, Nation at the Grassroots: The meanings of Indian nationhood and the role of political practices in its institutionalisation
Research
Political Theory: contemporary liberal theory and comparative multiculturalism
South Asian politics: the state and political ideologies in India
Expertise
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Available for
- TV
- Radio
- Press
- Briefings
- Special Study Programmes
- Short Term Consultancy
- Long Term Consultancy
Regional Expertise
- South Asia
Country Expertise
- India
Languages
- Gujarati
- Hindi
Publications
Authored Books
Bajpai, Rochana (2011) Debating Difference: Group Rights and Liberal Democracy in India. New Delhi: Oxford University Press.
Bajpai, Rochana (2010) Debating Difference: Minority Rights and Liberal Democracy in India. New Delhi: Oxford University Press. (Forthcoming)
Book Chapters
Bajpai , Rochana (2012) 'Liberalisms in India: A Sketch.' In: Jackson, Ben and Stears, Marc, (eds.), Liberalism as Ideology: Essays in Honour of Michael Freeden. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 53-76.
Bajpai, Rochana (2011) 'Beyond Identity? UPA rhetoric on social justice and affirmative action.' In: Saez , Lawrence and Gurharpal , Singh, (eds.), New Dimensions of Politics in India: The United Progressive Alliance in Power. London: Routledge, pp. 79-96. (Routledge Advances in South Asian Studies, 21)
Bajpai, Rochana (2010) 'Cultural Rights of Minorities during Constitution-making: A Re-reading.' In: Mahajan, G. and Jodhka, S., (eds.), Religion, Community and Development. New Delhi: Routledge, pp. 282-300.
Bajpai, Rochana (2010) 'Constitution-making and Political Safeguards for Minorities: An Ideological Explanation.' In: Ansari, M.R. and Achar, Deeptha, (eds.), Discourse, Democracy and Difference: Perspectives on Community, Politics and Culture. Delhi: Sahitya Akademi, pp. 271-308.
Bajpai , Rochana (2008) 'Political Representation and the making of the Indian Constitution.' In: Bhargava, R., (ed.), Politics and Ethics of the Indian Constitution. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, pp. 354-391.
Bajpai, Rochana (2006) 'Redefining Equality: Social Justice in the Mandal Debate, 1990.' In: Mehta, V.R. and Pantham, T., (eds.), Political Ideas in Modern India: Thematic Explorations. Sage Publications, pp. 326-339.
Articles
Bajpai, Rochana (2010) 'Rhetoric as Argument: Social Justice and Affirmative Action in India, 1990.' Modern Asian Studies, 44 (4). pp. 675-708.
Bajpai, Rochana (2003) 'Values in Political Rhetoric.' Seminar (524). pp. 16-20.
Bajpai, Rochana (2002) 'The Conceptual Vocabularies of Secularism and Minority Rights in India.' Journal of Political Ideologies, 7 (2). pp. 179-197.
Bajpai, Rochana (2000) 'Constituent Assembly Debates and Minority Rights.' Economic and Political Weekly, 35 (21-22). pp. 1837-1845.
Monographs
Bajpai, Rochana (2002) Minority Rights in the Indian Constituent Assembly Debates, 1946-1950. Working Paper. Queen Elizabeth House Working Papers Series - QEHWPS30.
Book Reviews
Bajpai, Rochana (2009) 'Review of Martha Nussbaum, 'The Clash Within, Religious Violence, Democracy and India’s future'.' International Affairs, 85 (3). pp. 652-653.
Other
Bajpai, Rochana (2005) 'Ideologies of Anti-Americanism: Cross-cultural Perspectives.' Journal of Political Ideologies. 10 (2). pp. 229-240. pp. 229-240.
