Politics
Parties and the party system, 1947-2006 / M.V. Rajeev Gowda and E. Sridharan
Reading the election results / Steven I. Wilkinson
Democracy and ethnic conflict / Rajat Ganguly
Caste and the rise of marginalized groups / Christophe Jaffrelot
The state
Federalism's success / Subrata K. Mitra
The rise of judicial sovereignty / Pratap Bhanu Mehta
Police agencies and coercive power / Arvind Verma
Society
The role of civil society / Niraja Gopal Jaya
Civil society versus corruption / Rob Jenkins
Breaking news : the media revolution / Praveen Swami
The economy
Economic growth and political accommodation / Aseema Sinha
The state of the states / Sunila S. Kale.
The state of India's democracy. ISBN 9780801887918. Published by Johns Hopkins University Press in 2007. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.