M Manisha and Sharmila Mitra Deb are Senior Lecturers in the Department of Political Science, Loreto College, Kolkata.

List of Contributors; Introduction: DEMOCRATIC POLITICS IN INDIA: CONCEPTS, CHALLENGES AND DEBATES; RECONSTRUCTING DEMOCRATIC CONCERNS IN INDIA; ARE WE READY FOR DEMOCRACY? A FEW OBSERVATIONS; DEMOCRACY AND POVERTY IN INDIA; DEMOCRACY AND FEDERALISM IN INDIA; INDIA'S COALITION FUTURE?; HOW DEMOCRATIC IS OUR PARLIAMENT?; DEMOCRACY'S JANUS FACE; THE NATURE OF THE OPPOSITION IN INDIA'S PARLIAMENTARY DEMOCRACY; RESTYLING DEMOCRACY?; THE POOR WORKING WOMEN; HOW IS DEMOCRACY IN SOUTH ASIA?

'Indian Democracy' is an attempt to understand the development of democratic polity in India. It covers a wide range of issues - theoretical concepts, political institutions, federalism, electoral process, individual and group rights and mass media - drawing attention to the significant broadening of Indian democracy.