Table of Contents:
  • Politics
  • Parties and the party system, 1947-2006 / M.V. Rajeev Gowda and E. Sridharan
  • Reading the election results / Steven I. Wilkinson
  • Democracy and ethnic conflict / Rajat Ganguly
  • Caste and the rise of marginalized groups / Christophe Jaffrelot
  • The state
  • Federalism's success / Subrata K. Mitra
  • The rise of judicial sovereignty / Pratap Bhanu Mehta
  • Police agencies and coercive power / Arvind Verma
  • Society
  • The role of civil society / Niraja Gopal Jaya
  • Civil society versus corruption / Rob Jenkins
  • Breaking news : the media revolution / Praveen Swami
  • The economy
  • Economic growth and political accommodation / Aseema Sinha
  • The state of the states / Sunila S. Kale.