When rebels become stakeholders : democracy, agency and social change in India - Mitra, Subrata Kumar, 1949-; Singh, V. B., 1941- (New Delhi : Sage Publications India ; Los Angeles : SAGE, 2009)
Introduction: democracy and the puzzle of orderly social change -- The context of social change: interfacing society and state in India -- Continuity and change in Indian politics: an inter-generational analysis -- The elements of political agency and the limits of consensus -- Political competition, social cleavages and institutionalisation of the party system -- Re-inventing the nation: the dialectics of nation and region in India -- Poverty, welfare and social opportunity in India -- Building social capital from above and below: locality, region and trust in India -- India at sixty: social change and the resilience of democracy -- Beyond India: democracy and social change in comparative perspective.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [301]-314) and index.
Keywords: Social change -- India; Democracy -- India