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This excellent collection of essays will be of great interest to India specialists and scholars concerned with democratic development. Choice 2008 This work... provide[s] an accessible and authoritative framework for debate on the country's future. -- William Crawley Asian Affairs 2009

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
Introduction
Part I: Politics
Chapter 1. Parties and the Party System, 1947–2006
Chapter 2. Reading the Election Results
Chapter 3. Democracy and Ethnic Conflict
Chapter 4. Caste and the Rise of Marginalized Groups
Part II: The State
Chapter 5. Federalism's Success
Chapter 6. The Rise of Judicial Sovereignty
Chapter 7. Police Agencies and Coercive Power
Part III: Society
Chapter 8. The Role of Civil Society
Chapter 9. Civil Society versus Corruption
Chapter 10. Breaking News: The Media Revolution
Part IV: The Economy
Chapter 11. Economic Growth and Political Accommodation
Chapter 12. The State of the States
Index

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      Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 05/11/2007
      ISBN13: 9780801887918, 978-0801887918
      ISBN10: 0801887917

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Wilkinson.

      Trade Review
      This excellent collection of essays will be of great interest to India specialists and scholars concerned with democratic development. Choice 2008 This work... provide[s] an accessible and authoritative framework for debate on the country's future. -- William Crawley Asian Affairs 2009

      Table of Contents

      Acknowledgements
      Introduction
      Part I: Politics
      Chapter 1. Parties and the Party System, 1947–2006
      Chapter 2. Reading the Election Results
      Chapter 3. Democracy and Ethnic Conflict
      Chapter 4. Caste and the Rise of Marginalized Groups
      Part II: The State
      Chapter 5. Federalism's Success
      Chapter 6. The Rise of Judicial Sovereignty
      Chapter 7. Police Agencies and Coercive Power
      Part III: Society
      Chapter 8. The Role of Civil Society
      Chapter 9. Civil Society versus Corruption
      Chapter 10. Breaking News: The Media Revolution
      Part IV: The Economy
      Chapter 11. Economic Growth and Political Accommodation
      Chapter 12. The State of the States
      Index

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