State and politics in India / edited by Partha Chatterjee. - Delhi ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1998. - x, 576 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm. - Themes in politics series .

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [566]-576)

Introduction: a political history of independent India / Partha Chatterjee --
A critique of the passive revolution / Sudipta Kaviraj --
Parties and the party system / James Manor --
India decides: elections 1952-1995 / David Butler, Ashok Lahiri and Prannoy Roy --
Reconfiguration in Indian politics: state assembly elections 1993-1995 / Yogendra Yadav --
Evolving trends in the bureaucracy / B.P.R. Vithal --
Impact of centre--state relations on Indian politics: an interpretative reckoning 1947-1987 / T.V. Sathyamurthy --
Development planning and the Indian state / Partha Chatterjee --
National power and local politics in India: a twenty-year perspective / Paul Brass. (cont.) From breakdown to order: West Bengal / Atul Kohli --
Culture and subaltern consciousness: an aspect of the MGR phenomenon / M.S.S. Pandian --
When local riots are not merely local: bringing the state back in, Bijnor 1988-1992 / Amrita Basu --
Rise of the Dalits and the renewed debate on caste / Rajni Kothari --
India's minorities: Who are they? What do they want? / Myron Weiner --
Politics of subnationalism: society versus state in Assam / Sanjib Baruah --
Protecting women against violence?: review of a decade of legislation, 1980-1989 / Flavia Agnes.

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