Acknowledgement
Preface by John Harriss
Why This Book?
Introduction
1. The Late Colonial Period Till the Dawn of Independence: An Overview
2. 1950-1967: One-Party Dominance in a Multi-Party Democracy
3. 1967-71: An Interlude or the Beginning of a New Future?
4. Indian Polity in 1971-77: High Points of Centralisation
5. The Janata Regime 1977-79: Its Long-Term Impact on Indian Polity
6. The Return of the Congress in the 1980s
7. The 1990s: Changes in Politics and Economic Policy Shifts
8. Stable Coalition Governments: 1999-2014
9. Political Actions and Their Impact on Federal Polity
10. Has Growth of Federalism Been Halted?
11. The States as Laboratories in Indian Polity
12. Five Questions on Federalism in India: What Does the Experience After Independence Reveal?
13. Analysing the Evolving Trends
14. The Way Ahead: What Can Be Envisioned
Name Index
Subject Index
Biography
R. Mohan has worked with The Reserve Bank of India and The Indian Revenue Service. He has been a freelancer and columnist and is also the co- author of the book Challenges to Indian Fiscal Federalism (2018).
