Politics -- Parties and the party system, 1947 2006 / M.V. Rajeev Gowda and E. Sridharan -- Reading the election results / Steven I. Wilkinson -- Democracy and ethnic conflict / Rajat Ganguly -- Caste and the rise of marginalized groups / Christophe Jaffrelot -- The state -- Federalism's success / Subrata K. Mitra -- The rise of judicial sovereignty / Pratap Bhanu Mehta -- Police agencies and coercive power / Arvind Verma -- Society -- The role of civil society / Niraja Gopal Jaya -- Civil society versus corruption / Rob Jenkins -- Breaking news : the media revolution / Praveen Swami -- The economy -- Economic growth and political accommodation / Aseema Sinha -- The state of the states / Sunila S. Kale
