Includes bibliographical references (pages 206-224) and index.
Emergencies, states and societies : the study of Indian politics -- State-society relations 1947-1950 : a democratic polity? -- Political mobilisations 1963-1971 -- The state and political crisis 1971-1975 -- The state as political impasse 1975-1980 -- Political mobilisations 1980-1986 -- Hindutva as crisis 1986-2004.