Atul Kohli is an Associate Professor at the Woodrow Wilson School of International Affairs, Princeton University. He is the author of The State and Poverty in India: The Politics of Reform (CUP, 1987).
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.
