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Introduction / Niraja Gopal Jayal and Pratap Bhanu Mehta

Part I: The institutional setting. The state / Partha Chatterjee ; Constitutionalism / Uday S. Mehta ; Parliament / Vernon Hewitt and Shirin M. Rai ; Federalism / Subrata K. Mitra and Malte Pehl ; Local governance / James Manor ; The Supreme Court / Lavanya Rajmani and Arghya Sengupta ; The Election Commission / Alistair McMillan ; The party system / E. Sridharan

Part II: Social cleavages, identity, and politics. Class and politics / John Harriss ; Caste and politics / Surinder S. Jodhka ; Gender and politics / Amrita Basu ; Regionalism and secessionism / Sanjib Baruah ; Politics and national identity / Sunil Khilnani ; The Hindu nationalists and power / Christophe Jaffrelot ; Minorities and politics / Bishnu Mohapatra

Part III: Political processes. Political parties / Zoya Hasan ; Politics and culture / Stuart Corbridge ; Political mobilization / Arun R. Swamy ; Political leadership / Ramachandra Guha ; Local politics / Anirudh Krishna

Part IV: Ideological contestations in Indian politics. Nationalism / Sudipta Kaviraj ; Secularism / Neera Chandoke ; Representation / Yogendra Yadav ; Social justice / Gopal Guru

Part V: Social movements and civil society. Social movements / Amita Baviskar ; Farmers' movement / Sudha Pai ; The women's movement / Anupama Roy ; Non-governmental organizations / Rob Jenkins

Part VI: Politics and policy. The political economy of the state / Devesh Kapur ; Business and politics / Aseema Sinha ; Government accountability / Dilip Mookherjee ; The political economy of reforms / Rahul Mukherji ; Politics and redistribution / Atul Kohli ; Employment guarantee and the right to work / Joan Drèze

Part VII: India and the world. India and the world / Kanti Bajpai ; Indian defence policy / Sumit Ganguly

Part VIII: Ways of looking at Indian politics. An intellectual history of the study of Indian politics / Susanne Hoeber Rudolph and Lloyd I. Rudolph ; Data and the study of Indian politics / Steve I. Wilkinson.