Publications

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   "The Emergence of South Asia's First Urban Heatwave Action Plan" (Co-authored). Oxford Intersections: Environmental Change and Human Experience, 2026

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   Himanshu Jha and Tanvi Deshpande. "Governing across scales: building policy capacity in weak State." Global Public Policy and Governance, 6, 2026 · DOI

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   Abdul Waheed, Himanshu Jha et al. "How the colonial-era water management paradigm continues to shape the Indus Delta crisis." International Journal of River Basin Management, 2026

   Open Access
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   Himanshu Jha. "Pathways to Develop State Capacity in a Weak State: The Case of Sub-National State of Bihar in India." Commonwealth & Comparative Politics, 61(4), 2023

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   Himanshu Jha. "India's Authoritarian Turn: Understanding the Emergency (1975–1977) and its Afterlife" (Review Essay). Pacific Affairs, 96(1), 2023

   Among the top ten Pacific Affairs articles downloaded from Ingenta in 2023
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   Himanshu Jha. "Interrogating Settled Terrains of State Capacity: Explaining Governance Reforms in a Low-Capacity Milieu." Journal of Indian and Asian Studies, 3(2), 2023

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   Himanshu Jha. "Interrogating the Resurgence of Administrative State: Ideas and State Capacity." International Journal of Public Sector Management, 35(4), 2022

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   Himanshu Jha. "Politics of Welfare and Governance in India" (Thematic Book Review Essay). Journal of Asian Studies, 81(1), 2022

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   Himanshu Jha. "Institutional Change in the Welfare Regime in India: Broadening the Dominant Narratives" (Review article). Indian Politics & Policy, 2(2), Fall 2019

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    Himanshu Jha and co-author. "Ideas and Policy Paradigms: Explaining the fall of welfare politics in West Bengal" (co-authored). Indian Politics & Policy, 2(2), Fall 2019

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    Himanshu Jha et al. "The BJP's Puzzling Victory: Was it About Hindu Nationalism?" (co-authored). The Washington Quarterly, 42(3), 2019

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    Himanshu Jha. "Untangling Global-Local Linkages: The Case of the Right to Information Act in India." India Review, 18(1), January–February 2019

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    Himanshu Jha. "State Processes, Ideas, and Institutional Change: The Case of the Right to Information Act in India." Pacific Affairs, 91(2), June 2018

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    Himanshu Jha. "Institutional Progression of the Right to Information Act: Emerging Politics of Accountability" (Special Article). Economic and Political Weekly, 53(10), March 2018

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    Himanshu Jha et al. "Bureaucratic Rationality, Political Will and State Capacity: MGNREGS in Undivided Andhra Pradesh" (co-authored). Economic and Political Weekly, 52(49), December 2017

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    Himanshu Jha. "Policy Impact on Institutions of Federal Financial Transfers in Australia and India." Indian Journal of Public Administration, 50(3), July–October 2004

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    Himanshu Jha. "Institutions of Intergovernmental Relations in the Federal Framework of Australia and India." Indian Journal of Federal Studies, 8(2), 2003

1. 1

   Himanshu Jha. "Navigating the Pandemic: Citizens Plight and the State's Responsiveness." In Wilfried Swenden and Kanchana Ruwanpura (eds.), Covid-19, South Asia and Crisis. Helsinki University Press. (2026)

   Forthcoming
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   Himanshu Jha et al. "Integrating Social Equity into Right to Information and Access to Information Laws and Policies: Drawing on the Indian Case." In Habib Zafarullah and Noore Alam Siddiquee (eds.), Open Government and Freedom of Information: Policy and Practice in Asia and the Middle East. Routledge. (2023)

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   Himanshu Jha. "Policy Paths to Welfare and Citizen Well-Being: A Rights Based Perspective." In Mithilesh Kumar Jha and Kamal Nayan Choubey (eds.), Indian Politics and Policy Processes. Routledge (India). (2023)

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   Himanshu Jha et al. "India and Bangladesh in Climate Change Finance: From Structural Conflict to Embedded Liberalism" (co-authored). In Joost Pauwelyn et al. (eds.), Rethinking Participation in Global Governance: Voice and Influence after Stakeholder Reforms in Global Finance and Health. Oxford University Press. (2022)

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   Himanshu Jha. "Emerging Politics of Accountability: Sub-national reflections from Bihar." In Madhushree Sekher and Radu Carciumaru (eds.), Including the Excluded in South Asia? Power, Politics and Policies. Springer. (2019)

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   Himanshu Jha et al. "The State, Ideas and Welfare in India: Reflections on Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal" (co-authored). In Vidu Verma (ed.), State in India: Reflections on Contemporary Politics. Orient Blackswan. (2019)

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   Himanshu Jha. "National Social Watch Coalition in India: A tool for governance Accountability." In Global Civil Society Yearbook 2009. LSE / TISS / Centre for Social Investment, Heidelberg University. Sage. (2009)

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   Himanshu Jha. "Policy As Instrument for Reconciling Diversity: Experience of the Indian Federal System." In John Kincaid and Rupak Chattopadhyay (eds.), Policy Issues in Federalism: International Perspectives. Forum of Federations / Viva Books. (2008)

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   Himanshu Jha. "Privatization in Federal Systems: Electricity Sector in Australia and India." In S.N. Mishra and S. Mishra (eds.), Public Governance and Decentralization. Mittal Publications. (2003)

• Review of Milan Vaishnav (ed.), Institutional Roots of India's Security Policy. Oxford University Press, 2024. Studies in Indian Politics, March 2025

• Thematic Multi-Book Review: Understanding Maternal Polytheism and Paternal Monotheism — Exploring the Eastern and Western Traditions through Freud, Bose, and the Mahābhārata. Journal of Asian Studies, 80(3), 2021

• Review of Ornit Shani, How India became democratic: Citizenship and the making of the universal franchise. Cambridge University Press, 2018. Featured in the best book review series 2020. Journal of Commonwealth & Comparative Politics, March 2020

• Review of Yuko Aoyama with Balaji Parthasarathy, The Rise of the Hybrid Domain: Collaborative Governance for Social Innovation. Edward Elgar, 2016. Journal of Southeast Asian Economies, 36(1), April 2019

• Review of Dev Nathan et al., Markets and Indigenous Peoples in Asia: Lessons from Development Projects. Oxford University Press, 2012. Journal of Southeast Asian Economies, 31(1), April 2014

• Review of Sarbeswar Sahoo, Civil Society and Democratization in India: Institutions, Ideologies and Interests. Routledge, 2013. Asian Journal of Social Science, 42, 2014

• Review of Stuart Corbridge, John Harris and Craig Jeffery (eds.), India Today: Economy, Politics and Society. Polity Press, 2013. Asian Journal of Social Science, 41, 2013

• Review of Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson, Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity and Poverty. Crown Business, 2012. ASEAN Economic Bulletin, 29(2), August 2012