This paperback edition with a new Preface is specially designed and priced for the student market. The thirty-eight essays provide every significant topic in the study of Indian politics by eminent experts. They address the links between Indian politics and institutions of the state, ideologies, political processes, social movements, identity politics, government policy, international affairs, and the academia.

• List of Tables and Appendices


• List of Abbreviations


• Preface to the Paperback Edition


• Introduction (Niraja Gopal Jayal and Pratap Bhanu Mehta)


• PART I: THE INSTITUTIONAL SETTING:


• 1: The State (Partha Chatterjee)


• 2: Constitutionalism (Uday S. Mehta)


• 3: Parliament (Vernon Hewitt and Shirin M. Rai)


• 4: Federalism Subrata K. Mitra and Malte Pehl)


• 56: Local Governance (James Manor)The Supreme Court (Lavanya Rajamani and Arghya Sengupta)


• 7: The Election Commission (Alistair McMillan)


• 8: The Party System (E. Sridharan)


• PART II: SOCIAL CLEAVAGES, IDENTITY, AND POLITICS:


• 9: Class and Politics (John Harriss)


• 10: Caste and Politics (Surinder S. Jodhka)


• 11: Gender and Politics (Amrita Basu)


• 12: Regionalism and Secessionism (Sanjib Baruah)


• 13: Politics and National Identity (Sunil Khilnani)


• 14: The Hindu Nationalists and Power (Christophe Jaffrelot)


• 15: Minorities and Politics (Bishnu N. Mohapatra)


• PART III: POLITICAL PROCESSES: Yadav)


• 16: Political Parties (Zoya Hasan)


• 17: Politics and Culture (Stuart Corbridge)


• 18: Political Mobilization (Arun R. Swamy)


• 19: Political Leadership (Ramachandra Guha)


• 20: Local Politics (Anirudh Krishna)


• PART IV: IDEOLOGICAL CONTESTATIONS IN INDIAN POLITICS:


• 21: Nationalism (Sudipta Kaviraj)


• 22: Secularism (Neera Chandhoke)


• 23: Representation (Yogendra Yadav)


• 24: Social Justice (Gopal Guru)


• PART V: SOCIAL MOVEMENTS AND CIVIL SOCIETY:


• 26: Farmers' Movements (Sudha Pai)


• 2728: The Women's Movement (Anupama Roy)Non-governmental Organizations (Rob Jenkins)


• PART VI: POLITICS AND POLICY:


• 29: Political Economy of the State (Devesh Kapur)


• 30: Business and Politics (Aseema Sinha)


• 31: Government Accountability (Dilip Mookherjee)


• 32: The Political Economy of Reforms (Rahul Mukherji)


• 33: Politics and Redistribution(Atul Kohli)


• 34: Employment Guarantee and the Right to Work (Jean Drèze)


• PART VII: INDIA AND THE WORLD:


• 35: India and the World (Kanti Bajpai)


• 36: Indian Defence Policy(Sumit Ganguly)


• PART VIII: WAYS OF LOOKING AT INDIAN POLITICS:


• 37: An Intellectual History of the Study of Indian Politics (Susanne Hoeber Rudolph and Lloyd I. Rudolph)


• 38: Data and the Study of Indian Politics (Steven I. Wilkinson)


• Notes on Contributors


• Index