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Assistant Professor, Political Science, School of Public Service

Dr. Nisha Mukherjee Bellinger came to Boise State University in 2017 and is currently an Assistant Professor with the Department of Political Science. She earned a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Missouri focusing on comparative politics and international relations, an M.A. in International Relations from Jadavpur University, and a B.A. in political science from St. Xavier’s College, University of Mumbai. Dr. Bellinger’s research interest currently focuses on the causes and consequences of human health and welfare as well as other political economic outcomes such as foreign direct investments and inequality. She is a member of the American Political Science Association, and is a referee for various journals including American Political Science Review, British Journal of Political Science, and Foreign Policy Analysis to name a few.

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Dr. Nisha Mukherjee Bellinger came to Boise State University in 2017 and is currently an Assistant Professor with the Department of Political Science. She earned a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Missouri focusing on comparative politics and international relations, an M.A. in International Relations from Jadavpur University, and a B.A. in political science from St. Xavier’s College, University of Mumbai. Dr. Bellinger’s research interest currently focuses on the causes and consequences of human health and welfare as well as other political economic outcomes such as foreign direct investments and inequality. She is a member of the American Political Science Association, and is a referee for various journals including American Political Science Review, British Journal of Political Science, and Foreign Policy Analysis to name a few.

Articles (17)

Political Parties and Initial COVID-19 Policies: Subnational Trends in India (Nisha Bellinger and Julie A. VanDusky-Allen) Contemporary South Asia (2023)

In this analysis, we examine the relationship between the effective number of parliamentary parties (ENPP) at the state level in India and the initial policy responses among Indian state governments to the COVID-19 pandemic between ...

Rural Decentralization and Infant Mortality Among Select Indian States: A Preliminary Analysis (Nisha Bellinger) Contemporary South Asia (2022)

In 1992 the 73rd amendment to the Indian constitution called on states to create and empower rural local governments. Despite the amendment, however, there is variation in the extent of decentralization of power from states ...

The Health Cost of Autocratization (Byunghwan Son and Nisha Bellinger) The Journal of Development Studies (2022)

Are democratic crises also human crises? While the determinants of the erosion of democracy have been extensively scrutinised in the literature, their public policy consequences remain relatively unexplored. In a novel attempt to navigate this ...

Political Parties and Citizens’ Well-Being Among Non-Democratic Developing Countries (Nisha Bellinger) Party Politics (2021)

This article explains variations in citizens’ well-being among non-democratic developing countries by disaggregating non-democracies and focusing on the role of party strength. The effect of party strength is analyzed through the prisms of information and ...

When Does Oil Harm Child Mortality? (Nisha Bellinger and Matthew D. Fails) Political Research Quarterly (2021)

When is oil a curse for health outcomes? This paper addresses the question by analyzing the effect of oil wealth on child mortality rates in nondemocratic countries. We argue that oil is particularly likely to ...

Domestic Terrorism in the Developing World: Role of Food Security (Nisha Bellinger and Kyle T. Kattelman) Journal of International Relations and Development (2021)

This article sheds light on the root causes of terrorism by assessing the effect of food security on domestic terrorism among developing countries. Food security is a fundamental physiological need and captures a core well-being ...

How the Coronavirus Increases Terrorism Threats in the Developing World (Nisha Bellinger and Kyle Kattelman) The Conversation (2020)

As the coronavirus reaches developing countries in Africa and Asia, the pandemic will have effects beyond public health and economic activity. As the disease wreaks its havoc in areas poorly equipped to handle its spread, ...

Political Parties and Foreign Direct Investment Inflows Among Developing Countries (Nisha M. Bellinger and Byunghwan Son) Political Studies (2019)

This paper focuses on the nature of party systems to explain variations in FDI inflows within developing democracies. We hypothesize a positive relationship between the effective number of parliamentary parties (ENPPs) and FDI inflows. Large ...

Why Democracy Matters: Democratic Attributes and Human Well-Being (Nisha Mukherjee Bellinger) Journal of International Relations and Development (2019)

Large disparities exist in the quality of lives among democratic and nondemocratic regimes. This paper attempts to explain this variation among democratic regimes by unpacking the concept of democracy and analysing the effect of three ...

Is Authoritarianism Bad for the Economy? Ask Venezuela – or Hungary or Turkey (Nisha Bellinger and Byunghwan Son) The Conversation (2019)

Democracy is at risk worldwide. And the economy may be, too. Seventy-one out of the world’s 195 countries saw their democratic institutions erode in recent years, according to the 2018 year-end report by democracy watchdog ...

India Has a Sexual Assault Problem That Only Women Can Fix (Nisha Bellinger) The Conversation (2018)

India is the most dangerous country for sexual violence against women, according to the Thomson Reuters Foundation 2018 survey.

The Politics of Human Well-Being (Nisha Bellinger) The Blue Review (2018)

Why are there large disparities in the quality of life people lead? What are the factors that account for the general well-being of mankind? How do we improve human lives? These questions are substantively important ...

Democracy and Infant Mortality within India: From Whether to Why (Nisha Mukherjee Bellinger) European Political Science Review (2018)

How does democratic politics affect infant mortality? The bulk of existing research has debated whether democracies have lower levels of infant mortality than non-democracies. Yet, infant mortality varies as much within countries as it does ...

Voting and Human Rights in Democratic Societies (Nisha Mukherjee Bellinger) Human Rights Review (2017)

The majority of research on human rights focuses on the consequences of regime-type for human rights violations, and overwhelming evidence suggests that democracies are less likely to violate human rights of their citizens as compared ...

Economic Inequality and Democratic Support (Jonathan Krieckhaus, Byunghwan Son, Nisha Mukherjee Bellinger, et al.) The Journal of Politics (2014)

Does economic inequality influence citizens’ support for democracy? Political economy theory suggests that in a country with high inequality, the majority of the population will support democracy as a potential mechanism for redistribution. Much of ...

Party Systems and Human Well-Being (Nisha Bellinger) Party Politics (2013)

This article analyses the impact of party systems on human well-being and argues that multiparty systems are associated with better welfare outcomes for two primary reasons: first, multiparty systems provide representation to multiple issue-dimensions in ...

Globalization and Human Well-Being (Nisha Mukherjee and Jonathan Krieckhaus) International Political Science Review (2012)

Over the past half-century we have witnessed a gradual trend towards increased globalization. This phenomenon includes such diverse processes as the greater mobility of capital, goods, and services, as well as increasing diffusion of ideas, ...

Governing Human Well-Being: Domestic and International Determinants (Nisha Bellinger) Faculty & Staff Authored Books (2018)

This book provides a comprehensive explanation of human well-being outcomes by analyzing the role of domestic and international political factors. The well-being outcomes under study are the building blocks of development, and play a crucial ...

Women’s Human Development Outcomes in India: A Closer Look at FDI Inflows, Economic Structure, and Female Labor Force Participation (Nisha Bellinger) Security, Development and Sustainability in Asia: A World Scientific Reference on Major Policy and Development Issues of 21st Century Asia (2023)

Global human development trends display a consistent improvement over time. However, these indicators may not improve at the same pace or even trend in the same direction. India is one such country that displays intriguing ...

Democracy and Quality of Life (Nisha Mukherjee Bellinger and Doh C. Shin) Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research (2014)

Political Representation and Human Health (Nisha Bellinger) Association for Marketing & Health Care Research 2016 Conference Proceedings (2016)

Countries display tremendous variation in human health outcomes such as infant and child mortality. What accounts for this global variation? This paper argues that the extent of political representation can explain existing disparities between countries ...

Decentralization and Human Welfare (Nisha Bellinger) 2015 AMHCR Conference Proceedings (2015)

Demands for greater subnational autonomy have been a point of contention within various countries. While considerable amount of research focuses on the determinants of decentralization, the question that remains unanswered is: should governments maintain the ...

From Whether to Why: Democracy and Infant Mortality within India (Nisha Mukherjee Bellinger) 2014 AMHCR Conference Proceedings (2014)

How does democratic politics affect infant mortality? The bulk of existing research has debated whether democracies have lower levels of infant mortality than non-democracies. Yet infant mortality varies as much within countries as it does ...

Tracking Human Well-Being Globally: Political Determinants and Trends (Nisha Mukherjee Bellinger) College of Southern Idaho Social Science and Humanities Symposium (2018)

Women in Civil Society, Politics, and Infant Mortality (Nisha Mukherjee Bellinger and Courtney Burns) Midwest Political Science Association (2018)