"The best and most insightful book on Indian politics in more than a decade. Draw[s] on the collective wisdom of a formidable array of the best available academic talent."--Choice

• *FrontMatter, pg. i*CONTENTS, pg. v*TABLES AND FIGURES, pg. vi*PREFACE TO THE 1990 EDITION, pg. vii*PREFACE, pg. ix*List of Invited Participants at the Conference on "India's Democracy," held at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University, March 14-16,1985, pg. xi*FOREWORD, pg. xiii*INTRODUCTION. Interpreting India's Democracy: A State- Society Framework, pg. 3*ONE. Political Leadership in India: Dimensions and Limits, pg. 18*TWO. Parties and the Party System, pg. 62*THREE. The Military and Indian Democracy, pg. 99*FOUR. Ethnicity, Democracy and Development in India: Assam in a General Perspective, pg. 144*FIVE. The Punjab Crisis and the Unity of India, pg. 169*Six. Dominant Proprietary Classes and India's Democracy, pg. 214*SEVEN.Middle Classes and Castes in India's Politics: Prospects for Political Accommodation, pg. 225*EIGHT. Grass-Roots Mobilization in Indian Politics, pg. 262*CONCLUSION. State-Society Relations in India's Changing Democracy, pg. 305*EPILOGUE. India's Democracy under Rajiv Gandhi, 1985-1989, pg. 319*CONTRIBUTORS, pg. 335*PUBLICATIONS OF THE CENTER OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES, pg. 337*INDEX, pg. 343

"The best and most insightful book on Indian politics in more than a decade. Draw[s] on the collective wisdom of a formidable array of the best available academic talent."--Choice

• *FrontMatter, pg. i*CONTENTS, pg. v*TABLES AND FIGURES, pg. vi*PREFACE TO THE 1990 EDITION, pg. vii*PREFACE, pg. ix*List of Invited Participants at the Conference on "India's Democracy," held at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University, March 14-16,1985, pg. xi*FOREWORD, pg. xiii*INTRODUCTION. Interpreting India's Democracy: A State- Society Framework, pg. 3*ONE. Political Leadership in India: Dimensions and Limits, pg. 18*TWO. Parties and the Party System, pg. 62*THREE. The Military and Indian Democracy, pg. 99*FOUR. Ethnicity, Democracy and Development in India: Assam in a General Perspective, pg. 144*FIVE. The Punjab Crisis and the Unity of India, pg. 169*Six. Dominant Proprietary Classes and India's Democracy, pg. 214*SEVEN.Middle Classes and Castes in India's Politics: Prospects for Political Accommodation, pg. 225*EIGHT. Grass-Roots Mobilization in Indian Politics, pg. 262*CONCLUSION. State-Society Relations in India's Changing Democracy, pg. 305*EPILOGUE. India's Democracy under Rajiv Gandhi, 1985-1989, pg. 319*CONTRIBUTORS, pg. 335*PUBLICATIONS OF THE CENTER OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES, pg. 337*INDEX, pg. 343

"The best and most insightful book on Indian politics in more than a decade. Draw[s] on the collective wisdom of a formidable array of the best available academic talent."--Choice

• *FrontMatter, pg. i*CONTENTS, pg. v*TABLES AND FIGURES, pg. vi*PREFACE TO THE 1990 EDITION, pg. vii*PREFACE, pg. ix*List of Invited Participants at the Conference on "India's Democracy," held at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University, March 14-16,1985, pg. xi*FOREWORD, pg. xiii*INTRODUCTION. Interpreting India's Democracy: A State- Society Framework, pg. 3*ONE. Political Leadership in India: Dimensions and Limits, pg. 18*TWO. Parties and the Party System, pg. 62*THREE. The Military and Indian Democracy, pg. 99*FOUR. Ethnicity, Democracy and Development in India: Assam in a General Perspective, pg. 144*FIVE. The Punjab Crisis and the Unity of India, pg. 169*Six. Dominant Proprietary Classes and India's Democracy, pg. 214*SEVEN.Middle Classes and Castes in India's Politics: Prospects for Political Accommodation, pg. 225*EIGHT. Grass-Roots Mobilization in Indian Politics, pg. 262*CONCLUSION. State-Society Relations in India's Changing Democracy, pg. 305*EPILOGUE. India's Democracy under Rajiv Gandhi, 1985-1989, pg. 319*CONTRIBUTORS, pg. 335*PUBLICATIONS OF THE CENTER OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES, pg. 337*INDEX, pg. 343