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First published online February, 2011

Lloyd I Rudolph and Susanne Hoeber Rudolph,Explaining Indian Democracy: A Fifty-Year Perspective,1956–2006 . New Delhi: Oxford University Press,2008. Volume I ( The Realm of Ideas: Inquiry and Theory ). xv + 324 pp. Tables,plates,notes,references,index. Rs 695 (hardback). Volume II ( The Realm of Institutions: State Formation and Institutional Change ). xv + 344 pp. Tables,notes,references,index. Rs 695 (hardback). Volume III ( The Realm of the Public Sphere: Identity and Policy ). xvii + 435 pp. Tables,figures,notes,index. Rs 750 (hardback).