Mirza Asmer Beg
Professor
Political Science
Aligarh Muslim University
India
Biography
His doctoral work was awarded the 'best dissertation prize' by the American Studies Research Centre,Hyderabad for the year 1996. Presently he is Professor, Department of Political Science, A.M.U., Aligarh. He specializes in Strategic Studies. He also has a keen interest in electoral studies and Muslim Politics in India.His work has been published in journals like The Round Table: The Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs, Economic and Political Weekly, Seminar, Humanities and Social Science Review, Studies in Indian Politics, South Asian Studies, Studies in Islam, Foreign Affairs Reports and Indian Journal of Politics etc. He has written one book and edited three volumes. He was a visiting scholar in a Fulbright programme at Southern Illinois University in 1999.He is a fellow of the Salzburg Global Seminars, Austria. Beg is on the editorial board of several international journals and has been a referee to quite a few journals.He is the coordinator of (U.P.-West) for the academic surveys conducted by the Center for the Study of Developing Societies.
Research Interest
International Relations , Strategic Studies
Publications
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Delimitation and Political Under - representation of Muslims. In Sanjeer Alam and Shivramakrishnan (ed.) Fixing Electoral Boundaries in India : Laws, Processes, Outcomes and Implications for Political Representation . Oxford University Press. 2015.
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Saffron Sweep in Uttar Pradesh. In Sanjay Kumar, Suhas Palshikar and Sanjay Lodha (ed.) Electoral Politics in India: Resurgence of the Bhartiya Janata Party . Routledge. 2017
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The 2014 Parliamentary Elections in India: A Study of the Voting Preferences of Muslims in Uttar Pradesh. The Roun d T able : The Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs. UK. 2017.
