Maya Tudors research investigates the origins of stable, democratic and effective states across the developing world, with a particular emphasis upon South Asia. Her recently published book, the Promise of Power (Cambridge University Press, 2013), was based upon her 2010 dissertation, which won the American Political Science Associations Gabriel Almond Prize for the Best Dissertation in Comparative Politics. The book investigates the origins of India and Pakistan's puzzling regime divergence in the aftermath of colonial independence. She is also the author of a number of articles, most recently Explaining Democracys in Comparative Politics.
Maya Tudor has also worked as a Special Assistant to Chief Economist Joseph Stiglitz at the World Bank, at UNICEF, in the United States Senate, and at the Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee, recently ranked the worlds top NGO. A dual citizen of Germany and the United States, she has lived and worked in Bangladesh, Germany, France, India, Kenya, Pakistan, the Philippines, the United Kingdom and the United States.
Teaching
Democratization: Theory and Practice (Oxford University MPhil).
Seminar in Qualitative Methods (Oxford University MPhil).
The Comparative Political Economy of Development (Princeton University Graduate).
International Politics (Princeton University Undergraduate).
Ethics and Public Policy (Princeton University Undergraduate).
International Economics (Stanford University Undergraduate).
Research summary
Comparative Democratization
Political Party Formation
Colonialism and Origins of State Capacity
Regime Politics
Qualitative Research Methods
Research interests
Government, Democracy and Democratisation, Methods, Political Parties
Media
Democratisation in South Asia
Publications
Books:
The Promise of Power: The Origins of Democracy in India and Autocracy in Pakistan (Cambridge University Press, 2013)
Twin Births, Divergent Democracies: The Social and Institutional Origins of Regime Outcomes in India and Pakistan, 1920-1958. Manuscript currently under review with Cambridge University Press.
Articles:
Explaining Democracys Origins, Comparative Politics, April 2013
Book Chapters:
The Historical Inheritance of India's Democracy in Routledge Handbook of Indian Politics (Atul Kohli and Prerna Singh, eds.) (December 2012).
Sub-national Democratization in India: Colonial Competition and the Challenge to Congress Dominance, Laurence Whitehead and Jacqueline Behrend, (eds). (Forthcoming 2011, Johns Hopkins Press).
Book Reviews:
The Historical Exploitation of Pakistani Radicalism (Book Review of F. Shaikh, Making Sense of Pakistan. Forthcoming 2010, Journal of Punjab Studies)
Indias Democratic Journey (Book Review of S. Ganguly, L. Diamond, and M. Plattner, eds. The State of Indias Democracy Taiwan Journal of Democracy. December 2008.)