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| Federal arrangements and the provision of public goods in India P Chhibber, S Shastri, R Sisson Asian Survey 44 (3), 339-352, 2004 | 85 | 2004 |
| Indian youth in a transforming world: Attitudes and perceptions PR DeSouza, S Kumar, S Shastri (No Title), 2009 | 70 | 2009 |
| Electoral politics in Indian states: Lok Sabha elections in 2004 and beyond S Shastri, KC Suri, Y Yadav (No Title), 2009 | 60 | 2009 |
| Religious practice and democracy in India PK Chhibber, S Shastri Cambridge University Press, 2014 | 48 | 2014 |
| The Modi factor in the 2019 Lok Sabha election: How critical was it to the BJP victory? S Shastri Studies in Indian Politics 7 (2), 206-218, 2019 | 21 | 2019 |
| Leadership in context: Impact of leadership in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections S Shastri, R Syal Economic and Political Weekly, 77-81, 2014 | 20 | 2014 |
| Twilight of Congress hegemony: Emergence of bi-polar alliance system in Karnataka S Shastri Economic and Political Weekly, 2440-2448, 1999 | 18 | 1999 |
| Legislators in Karnataka: Well-entrenched Dominant Castes S Shastri Rise of the Plebeians?, 245-276, 2012 | 15 | 2012 |
| Karnataka: The Lotus Blooms... Nearly S Shastri, BS Padmavathi Economic and Political Weekly, 42-45, 2009 | 15 | 2009 |
| Karnataka: Simultaneous polls, different results S Shastri, H Ramaswamy Economic and Political Weekly, 5484-5487, 2004 | 14 | 2004 |
| State of Democracy in South Asia (SDSA): Report II S Shastri Jain University Press, 2017 | 13 | 2017 |
| Leadership at the state level mattered S Shastri Economic and Political Weekly, 88-91, 2009 | 13 | 2009 |
| Changing contours of comparative federalism: understanding the Indian experience S Shastri John Archers, 2001 | 13 | 2001 |
| Attitudes, anxieties and aspirations of India’s youth: changing patterns S Kumar, S Shastri, S Palshikar Lokniti, Centre for the Study Developing Societies, 2009 | 9 | 2009 |
| Leadership sweepstakes and the Modi factor S Shastri The Hindu 20, 2019 | 8 | 2019 |
| Indian Federalism and National Integration—a Critique S Shastri The Indian Journal of Political Science 51 (2), 172-185, 1990 | 8 | 1990 |
| The Leadership Factor in the 2014 Polls S Shastri The Hindu 28, 2014, 2014 | 7 | 2014 |
| Department Related Standing Committees in Indian Parliament: An Assessment S Shastri Indian Journal of Public Administration 44 (2), 184-200, 1998 | 7 | 1998 |
| The Modi factor in 2014 1 S Shastri, R Syal Electoral Politics in India, 215-229, 2017 | 6 | 2017 |
