D.l. Sheth

Biography

D.L. Sheth is Honorary Senior Fellow and former Director of the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, Delhi and is Editor of the journal Alternatives: Global, Local, Political. He has edited Citizens and Parties (1995), with Ashis Nandy, Multiverse of Democracy (1996) and with Gurpreet Mahajan, Minority Identities and the Nation-State (1999). He has contributed chapters in many books and several articles in reputed professional journals. He founded Lokayan, a movement for alternatives in politics and development, in 1980 and has served on its governing body for many years after became an independent NGO in 1983. He worked as President of People’s Union for Civil Liberties in Delhi (1991-93) and was appointed Member (Social Scientist) to the National Commission for Backward Classes (1993-96).

Research Interest

Professor Sheths broad area of interest has been Political Sociology and Comparative Politics, Politics of Globalisation and Global Governance, Caste, New Social Movements and Politics of Social Stratification. Professor Sheths current work is focused on political theory of caste, making of the middle class, New socio-cultural formations and the Nation-State, Globalisation and the Future of Indian Democracy?, Issues of Global Governance, Study of social policies with a focus on Reservations/Affirmative Action and Minority Rights. He has contributed to the 2004 Human Development Report on Cultural Liberty in Todays Diverse World.