Introduction: The Post-Colonial States of South Asia: Democracy, Identity, Development and Security / Amita Shastri
Ch. 1. Political Governance in India: The Challenge of Stability and Diversity / Stanley A. Kochanek
Ch. 2. Fragile Base of Democracy in Pakistan / Samina Ahmed
Ch. 3. Bangladesh: An Unsteady Democracy / D. Hugh Evans
Ch. 4. Nation-Building in a Demotic State: The Failure of Political Leadership in Sri Lanka / A. Jeyaratnam Wilson
Ch. 5. National Political Culture and Institutions in Nepal / Leo E. Rose
Ch. 6. Rise of Hindu Nationalism and the Marginalisation of Muslims in India Today / Christophe Jaffrelot
Ch. 7. State, Nation, Identity: The Quest for Legitimacy in Bangladesh / Tazeen M. Murshid
Ch. 8. State Support for Religion in Contemporary Sri Lanka: Some Ideological and Policy Issues / Chandra R. de Silva
Ch. 9. 'Nationalities' Question in South Asia / Raju G. C. Thomas
Ch. 10. Economic Crisis, Momentary Autonomy and Policy Reform: Liberalisation in India 1991-95 / Ronald J. Herring and N. Chandra Mohan
Ch. 11. Liberalising India's Economy: Context and Constraints / Vanita Shastri
Ch. 12. Institutional Impediments to Human Development in Pakistan / Christopher Candland
Ch. 13. Creating a Common Home? Indo-Pakistan Relations and the Search for Security in South Asia / Vernon Hewitt
Ch. 14. Flash-Point of South Asia: Kashmir in Indo-Pakistani Relations / Sumit Ganguly
Ch. 15. Pokhran II and After: Consequences of the Indian Nuclear Tests of 1998 / Ashok Kapur.
