Amita Shastri

Region of Interest	South Asia
Primary Country of Residence	United States of America
Title	Professor
Affiliation	San Francisco State University
Email	ashastri@sfsu.edu
Mailing Address	Department of Political Science San Francisco State University 1600 Holloway Avenue San Francisco, CA 94132, USA
Phone/Fax Number(s)	phone(s): (415) 338-2139, (510) 236-2349 fax: (510) 231-9199
Countries of Specialization	Sri Lanka
Research Interests	Teaching and research in Comparative Politics includes interest in democracy and democratization, political economy of development, ethnic politics, and South Asian politics. Primary research focus Sri Lankan politics, ethnic conflict, and political economy. Author of numerous articles and book chapters, many in leading national and international academic journals.
Publications	Edited book: The Post-Colonial States of South Asia: Democracy, Development and Identity (Sussex: Curzon Press 2001), with A. Jeyaratnam Wilson.
Keywords	comparative politics ; ethnic conflicts ; political economy ; democracy ; political economy ; ...