The Success of India's Democracy Book

List of contributors; Acknowledgements;

1. Introduction Atul Kohli;

Part I. Historical Origins:
2. Indian democracy: the historical inheritance Sumit Sarkar;

Part II. Political Institutions and Democratic Consolidation:
3. India's federal design and multicultural national construction Jyotirindra Dasgupta;
4. Center-state relations James Manor;
5. Making local government work Subrata K. Mitra;
6. Redoing the constitutional design: from an interventionist to a regulatory state Lloyd I. Rudolph and Susanne Hoeber Rudolph;
7. The dialectics of Hindu nationalism Amrita Basu:

Part III. Social Demands and Democratic Deepening;
8. The struggle for equality: caste in Indian politics Myron Weiner;
9. Sharing the spoils: group equity, development and democracy Pranab Bardhan;
10. Social movement politics in India: institutions, interest, and identities Mary Katzenstein, Smitu Kothari, and Uday Mehta; Bibliography; Index.