John R. Wood (University of British Columbia)

submitted: 3/10/95 (by mail)

John R. Wood
Associate Professor
Department of Political Science
University of British Columbia
C472-1866 Main Mall
Vancouver, BC  V6T 1Z1    CANADA

phone: 604-822-2717
fax:   604-822-5540
email: jwood@unixg.ubc.ca

Description of work:
I teach courses in Comparative Non-Western Government and South Asian 
Politics, with special emphasis on India. In India my main research has 
been in the area of centre-state relations, ethnic conflict and the 
politics of resource allocation. For the last three years my focus has 
been on the inter-state politics surrounding the dispute over the 
development of the Narmada River, with all its human rights and 
environmental consequences. I am especially interested in the history and 
politics of the state of Gujarat. I speak Gujarati and some Hindi. I am 
currently Chair of the Centre for South Asian Research at UBC and 
President of the Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute (1994-96).