Research

Peer-Reviewed Articles

  • Barthwal, Ankita, and Francesca Refsum Jensenius. Motivations for Partisan Attachment in the Developing World. Electoral Studies, 2025.
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  • Barthwal, Ankita, and Francesca Refsum Jensenius. Women and Corruption in South Asia. In Handbook on Gender and Corruption in Democracies, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2024.
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  • Barthwal, Ankita, and Asim Ali. Bypassing the Patronage Trap: Evidence from Delhi Assembly Election 2020. Studies in Indian Politics, 2021.
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Other Academic Contributions

  • Barthwal, Ankita, and Francesca Refsum Jensenius. Partisanship’s Striking Resilience in India. In How Indian Voters Decide, Carnegie Endowment, 2024.
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  • Barthwal, Ankita, Vidya Narayanan, Bence Kollanyi, Ruchi Hajela, Nahema Marchal, and Philip Howard. News and Information over Facebook and WhatsApp During the Indian Election Campaign. Oxford Internet Institute, Data Memo, 2019.
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Working Papers

  • Barthwal, Ankita. “Even If They Hurt Us”: Partisan Stability and Bias in India. Under consideration.

  • Barthwal, Ankita, and Francesca Refsum Jensenius. Loyal Voters in Volatile Elections: Partisanship and Voting Behavior in India. Under consideration.

  • Barthwal, Ankita. How Selective Enfranchisement Shaped Politics in India.

  • Barthwal, Ankita, and Sahil Gill. Social Inequality and Stubble Burning: Examining Environmental Non-compliance in North India.

  • Barthwal, Ankita, Rahul Verma and Melvin Palamoottil. Partisan Attachment and Polarization in India: Evidence from a Multi-Wave Panel Study.