Front Matter -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Contributors -- Introduction, by Subho Basu and Crispin Bates -- Main Body -- Chapter 1. Stages in the Success and Failure of Economic Reform in India: A Review of the Literature, by Jos Mooji -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 The Failed Reform Process in the 1980s -- 1.3 Economic Reform After 1991 -- 1.4 Society-centred Explanations -- 1.5 By Way of Conclusion - Reforms and India's Political Institutions -- Chapter 2. The Temptations of Presidentialism: An Explanation of the Evolving Political Strategy of the BJP, by Sanjay Ruparelia -- 2.1 The Origins of Secular Politics in Post-colonial India: The Early Decades -- 2.2 The Decline of Secular Politics in the 1980s: Political Folly and Ideological Conflict -- 2.3 A Temporary Reprieve from 'Hindutva': The Compulsions of Coalition Politics -- 2.4 Alternative Strategies of Political Rule: Inherent Tensions within the Sangh Parivar -- Chapter 3. Ideological Integration in Post-Colonial (South) India: Aspects of a Political Language, by Pamela Price -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Honour and Caste -- 3.3 Respect in the Discourse of Politicians -- 3.4 Learning Respect in Everyday Practice -- 3.5 Domain Building and Politicians -- 3.6 The King Conundrum in Post-Colonial Politics -- 3.7 Conclusion -- Chapter 4. The Fight for Turf and the Crisis of Ideology: Broadcasting Reform and Contempary Media Distribution in India, by Veena Naregal -- 4.1 Informal Networks and Popular Culture -- 4.2 Media Reforms in the 1990s -- 4.3 Corporate Lobbies and Media Reform -- 4.4 The Emerging Distribution Scenario: Audiences, Informal Networks and Consolidation -- 4.5 The Changing of Cable TV in Bombay -- 4.6 MSO Strategies and Cable Operators -- 4.7 MSO-Franchisee Tensions: Upheavals Over Pay-TV -- 4.8 New Media Networks and the Limits of Civility.

4.9 Conclusion -- Chapter 5. The Political Economy of Urban Planning, The Case Study of Bombay, by Bhavana Padiyath -- 5.1 Urban Development Planning: The Indian Context -- 5.2 The Indian State and the Role of Planning -- 5.3 Bombay: Land, Population and Housing -- 5.4 Conclusion -- Chapter 6. Understanding Local Politics, Democracy and Civil Society: Environmental Governance in Urban India, by Bharat Dahiya -- 6.1 Democracy, Governance and Environmental Management: The Indian Urban Context -- 6.2 Revamping of Urban Local Governments -- 6.3 Representative Democracy in Urban India -- 6.4 The Rise of Civil Society Organisations and Causal Factors -- 6.5 Governance of the Urban Environment -- 6.6 Conclusion -- Chapter 7. Political Institutions, Strategies of Governance and Forms of Resistance in Rural Market Towns of Contemporary Bengal: A Study of Bolpur Municipality, by Subho Basu -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Improved Communication, Agricultural Growth and Urbanisation in Rural Bengal: The Making of an Agricultural Market Town 1860-2000 -- 7.3 The Indian State at Local Level and the Political Culture of Development -- 7.4 Social Stratification and Class Configuration in an Agricultural Market Town -- 7.5 The Transformation in the Polity Under the Left Regime: Centralised Decentralisation and Orchestrated Democratisation -- 7.6 Conclusion -- Chapter 8. Action, Autonomy and Political Rights: Towards a Theory of 'Political Literacy', by Sumi Madhok -- 8.1 Moral Autonomy and the Individual -- 8.2 Political Rights and 'Recognition Respect' -- 8.3 Sathins and the Discourse of Rights -- 8.4 The Evocation of Rights - Case Studies -- 8.5 Sathins and Election Problematics -- 8.6 Political Literacy and the Sathins -- 8.7 Conclusion -- Chapter 9. The Development of Panchayati Raj in India, by Crispin Bates -- 9.1 Introduction.

9.2 The Resuscitation and Revival of Panchayati Raj -- Chapter 10. Political Representation and Women's Empowerment: Women in the Institutions of Local Self-Governement in Orissa, Evelin Hust -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 The Background to the 73rd Amendment -- 10.3 Political Representation and Women's Empowerment -- 10.4 The Case Study -- 10.5 Conclusion -- End Matter -- Notes -- Notes: Introduction -- Notes: Chapter 1 -- Notes: Chapter 2 -- Notes: Chapter 3 -- Notes: Chapter 4 -- Notes: Chapter 5 -- Notes: Chapter 6 -- Notes: Chapter 7 -- Notes: Chapter 8 -- Notes: Chapter 9 -- Notes: Chapter 10 -- Bibliography -- Glossary of Non-English Terms -- Index.

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.

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