CONTENTS: List of Abbreviations, List of Figures and Tables, Acknowledgements, Introduction-Rob Jenkins and Louise Tillin, PART I: LEADERSHIP AND POWER: 1. Political Leadership-Diego Maiorano, 2. ‘Post-Clientelist, Post-Patronage’? Or is India Still a ‘Patronage Democracy’?-John Harriss, 3. The BJP’s Hegemony and Its Limitations-Christophe Jaffrelot, PART II: POLITICS AND IDENTITY: 4. Caste in the Lives of India’s Political Elite: Identities and the Making of Democratic Imaginations-Surinder S Jodhka, 5. Are ‘Dominant Castes’ Losing Dominance? Politics in the Post-Mandal Era-Suhas Palshikar, 6. Land Reform as a Source of Identity Politics-Narendar Pani, PART III: DEMOCRACY AND ELECTIONS: 7. The Story of a Participatory Upsurge in Indian Elections-Sanjay Kumar, 8. What’s in a Name? Would a Liberal Democracy by Any Other Name Smell as Sweet?-Niraja Gopal Jayal, 9. National versus State-level Issues as Determinants of National Electoral Outcomes-Eswaran Sridharan, PART IV: POLICYMAKING AND GOVERNANCE: 10. Has Panchayati Raj in India Improved Governance and Participation?-Naresh Chandra Saxena, 11. Rise and Fall of the United Progressive Alliance-Zoya Hasan 12. The Modern University in a Local Arena: The Politics of Educational Reform in Princely Mysore-Manisha Priyam, Notes on Contributors, Index.