Includes bibliographical references (p. [535]-550) and index.

'Democracy under the Raj : elections and separate representation in British India / James Chiriyankandath -- The rhetoric of democracy and development in late colonial India / David Washbrook -- The crisis of the moderate state and the decline of democracy / Rajni Kothari -- Political change in a democratic developing country / Atul Kohli -- Demand polity and command polity / Lloyd I. Rudolph and Susanne Hoeber Rudolph -- The state and democracy in India or what happened to welfare, secularism, and development / Niraja Gopal Jayal -- The culture of representative democracy / Sudipta Kaviraj -- Power and knowledge in development discourse : new social movements and the state in India / Pramod Parajuli -- The democratic rite: celebration and participation in the Indian elections / Walter Hauser and Wendy Singer -- Hunger and public action / Jean Drèze and Amartya Sen -- The puzzle of Indian democracy : a consociational interpretation / Arend Lijphart -- Economic development and political democracy : interaction of economics and politics in independent India / Deepak Nayyar -- The political economy of reform in India / Pranab Bardhan -- Ballot box and local power: elections in an Indian village / Subrata K. Mitra -- Democracy and decentralization in Karnataka (India) / Richard C. Crook and James Manor -- The anti-caste movement and the discourse of power / Gail Omvedt -- Hindu nationalism and democracy / Christophe Jaffrelot.