Includes bibliographies.

Machine derived contents note: Preface - Dilip K Basu -- Introduction - Richard Sisson and Dilip K Basu -- Dimensions of Development -- How is India Doing? - Amartya Sen -- Regime Types and Economic Performance - Lloyd I Rudolph and Susanne Hoeber Rudolph -- Journey to the East - Barnett R Rubin -- Industrialization in India and the Chinese Experience -- Stratification of Women's Work in Rural India - Kalpana Bardhan -- Determinants, Effects and Strategies -- Caste in India Since Independence - Pauline Kolenda -- Pursuing Equality - Marc Galanter -- An Assessment of India's Policy of Compensatory Discrimination for Disadvantaged Groups -- The Consciousness of Freedom Among India's Untouchables - James M Freeman -- Problems of Integration in the Indian Political Community - Gopal Krishna -- Muslims and the Political Process -- From Satyartha Prakash to Manushi - Suresht Renjen Bald -- An Overview of the 'Women's Movement' in India -- The 'Draupadi' of Mahasveta Devi - Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak -- A Translation and Interpretation.