Contents:
Preface.
1. Introduction deliberations on electoral reforms in India/Anjoo Sharan Upadhyaya.
2. Distorted verdicts/Jayaprakash Narayan.
3. Election reforms beyond middle class fantasies/Yogendra Yadav.
4. Electoral reforms in India need for a second look at the first past the post system/Sandeep Shastri.
5. Perspectives on electoral reforms in India/M.P. Dube.
6. Political financing in India/R.B. Jain.
7. Election finance reforms between and ceiling and a floor/Sanjay Lodha.
8. Testing median voter hypothesis through human development index evidence from Indian polity/Achal Kumar Gaur.
9. Political process of voting and social change/Bhaskar Majumder.
10. Electoral system and the fate of secular nationalism/Rajen Harshe.
11. Electoral strategies of ethnic conflict management/Priyankar Upadhyaya.
12. Lack of political will and electoral reforms/Raka Arya.
13. Electoral reforms in India an overview/D.K. Sankaran.
14. Reforms for a better representation of the people/David Annoussamy.
15. Making the electoral system work promoting a democratic culture through political engagement/Clem McCartney.
16. Enhancing women's representation in legislatures an alternative to the government bill for women's reservation/Madhu Kishwar Jayaprakash Narayan Dhirubhai Sheth and Yogendra Yadav.
17. Some useful sites and references on election and electoral reforms/Rachana Narayan
Annexures
Glossary of main electoral systems
Index