This book focuses on general theoretical considerations important for the analysis of political legitimation and integration in diverse societies. It suggests a model of society in which conflicts are accentuated for integrative purposes.
Preface -- Theoretical Framework -- Primordial Barriers to Integration -- Non-Primordial Barriers to Integration -- Synthesis of Traditional and Modern Patterns of Integration -- Indian Dual Elites and Their Patterns of Legitimation -- Bridging Mechanisms: Intermediary Political Institutions -- “Objective” Bridging Mechanisms -- The Limits of Bridging Mechanisms: The Political Pendulum, June 1975 to March 1977 -- Epilogue: Indian Democracy on Trial
