List of tables and figures Preface and acknowledgements Part I. Introduction: 1. An overview of the study 2. Some conceptual and theoretical considerations Part II. The Growing Problems of Governing the Periphery: Politics in the Districts: Introduction: the districts 3. Kheda, Gujarat 4. Guntur, Andhra Pradesh 5. Belgaun, Karnataka 6. Calcutta, West Bengal 7. Madurai, Tamil Nadu Conclusion: the districts Part III. Order and Breakdown in the States: Introduction: the states 8. Breakdown in a 'backward' state: Bihar 9. Growing turmoil in an 'advanced' state: Gujarat 10. From breakdown to order: West Bengal Conclusion: the states Part IV. Centralization and Powerlessness at the Center: Introduction: the center 11. Managing the economy: halfhearted liberalization 12. Managing the troubled political institutions: the Congress party and relations with Punjab Conclusion: the center Part V. Final Inferences: 13. Political change in a democratic developing country Bibliography Index.
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