CONTENTS List of Tables and Figures vii Introduction 1 Devesh Kapur and Pratap Bhanu Mebta 1.Explaining Democratic Durability and Economic Performance: The Role of India's Institutions 28 Devesk Kapur 2.The Indian Parliament 77 Arttn Agrawal 3.The Presidency 105 James Manor 4.Institutions of Internal Accountability 128 S. K. Das 5.India's Judiciary: The Promise of Uncertainty 158 Pratap Bhanu Mehta 6.The Police in India: Design, Performance, and Adaptability 194 Arvind Vertna 7.Civil Service: An Institutional Perspective 258 K. P. Krishnan and T. V. Somanathan 8.Reserve Bank of India: A Study in the Separation and Attrition of Powers 320 Deena Kkatkhate 9.India's Federal Institutions and Economic Reform 351 M. Govinda Rao and Nirvikar Singh 10.New Regulatory Institutions in India: White Knights or Trojan Horses? 406 Saugata Bbattacharya and Urjit R. Patel 11.A Rising Tide of Demands: India's Public Institutions and the Democratic Revolution 457 Sanjay G. Reddy Contributors 476 Index 479