Subject(s): Community -- Local Democracy -- Political Competition -- Elections in India -- Public opinion in India -- Social change in India -- India in Politics and government ,1977- -- India in Social conditions , 1947- -- Competing paradigms of politics and social change -- Electorate -- Political competition, transformation of the party system -- National and region in Indian politics -- Poverty, economic policy and social opportunity in India -- Community, conflict and local democracy : regional variations -- Social change and the resilience of democracy in India