A far-reaching and extensive rethinking of India's political and economic structures at every level, engagingly presented by a team of eminent academics and practitioners.

Edited by Crispin Bates and Subho Basu

Contributors; Introduction; Politics at the Central Level: 1. The Politics of Ecnomic Reforms in India: A Review  of the Literature; 2. The Temptations of Presidentialism: An Explanation of the Evolving Political Strategy of the BJP; Politics at Provincial Level: 3. Ideological Integration in Post-Colonial (South) India: Aspects of a Political Language; 4. The Fight for Turf and the Crisis of Ideology: Broadcasting Reform and Media Distribution Networks in India; Politics at Urban & Town Level: 5. Land Use in Bombay: Institutional Effects and Political Outcomes; 6. Understanding Local Politics, Democracy and Civil Society: Environmental Governance in Urban India; 7. Political Institutions, Strategies of Governance and Forms of Resistance in Rural Market Towns of Contemporary Bengal: A Study of Bolpur Municipality; Rural Politics: 8. Autonomy, Political Literacy and the 'Social Woman': Towards a Politics of Inlcusion; 9. The Development of Panchayati Raj; 10. Political Representation and Women's Empowerment: Women in the Institution of Local Self- Government in Orissa; Notes; Bibliography; Glossary; Index