Dr. Chakravarty's dissertation entitled "Surrendering Consent: The Politics of Transitional Justice in post-genocide Rwanda" shows how legal processes with the goal of dispensing reconciliatory justice lead people to concede to state elites the "right to rule" despite believing that current state elites lack the moral authority to govern. Thus citizens do not enforce limits on the state, enabling elites in power to deprive them of political rights and still survive on citizen support.
Biographical Profile
College
College of Arts and Sciences
Department
Political Science
Tenure Status
Tenured
Interest Background
Do you include students in your research?
None
Interest Keywords
Democritization, Social Movements, Collective Violence, identity politics
Personal Focus Areas
Justice and post-conflict transitions, Human Rights Law and Politics, Comparitive Studies of Genocide
Professional Preparation(Education & Training)
Dates
Institution
Location
Degree
Field of Study
2004
Cornell University
Ithaca, New York
MA
Department of Government
2000
Jawaharlal Nehru University
New Delhi, India
MA
International Relations
1998
Calcutta University
Calcutta, India
BA (first class first)
Political Science
Memberships & Professional Activities
Dates
Type
Description
Institution/Entity
Membership
American Political Science Association
Membership
African Studies Association
Positions & Appointments
Dates
Description
Institution/Entity
2007 - 2008
Kroc Visiting Fellow at the Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame
01/2009
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of South Carolina
2009 - 2010
Visiting Scholar, Center for Advanced Study in International Development, Michigan State University
2008
Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of South Carolina
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