Table of contents
Prelims;
Chapter 1: Introduction;
Chapter 2: The historical inheritance of India's democracy;
Chapter 3: Gandhi's India, the world's Gandhi;
Chapter 4: Nehru and his legacy:
Chapter 5: India's minority leaders:
Chapter 6: Panchayat Raj institutions;
Chapter 7: The changing fortunes of the Bharatiya Janata Party;
Chapter 8: Regional and caste parties;
Chapter 9: Caste and political parties in India;
Chapter 10: Dalit politics;
Chapter 11: Class politics in India;
Chapter 12: Reservations;
Chapter 13: The State amd civil Society in communal violence;
Chapter 14: Insurgencies in India;
Chapter 15: People's movements in India;
Chapter 16: India's economic development;
Chapter 17: The state and the capitalist class in India;
Chapter 18: Politics and redistribution in India;
Chapter 19: Corruption in India;
Chapter 20: Public goods provision and social development in India;
Chapter 21: Labor regulation, trade unions, and unemployment;
Chapter 22: Uttar Pradesh;
Chapter 23: Kerala in comparative perspective;
Chapter 24: Tamil Nadu;
Chapter 25: West Bengal;
Chapter 26: Bihar;
Chapter 27: India and the world;
Chapter 28: India in Asia;
Chapter 29: The Indo—Pakistani conflict;
Chapter 30: India and nuclear weapons;
Chapter 31: India's evolving security strategy;
Chapter 32: International migration and its consequences for India;
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