Cover -- Table of Contents -- List of Tables, Charts, Maps -- Acknowledgments -- Permissions -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1 Comparative Federalism and Ethnic Conflict: A Theoretical Examination -- Chapter 2 Federal Plans in Pre-Independence India -- Chapter 3 The Federal "Problem" in South Asia: Institutional Design before Partition -- Chapter 4 Partition: Differences in Federal Design -- Chapter 5 Federal Segregation or Multiculturalism? -- Chapter 6 Federal (In)Stability in India -- Chapter 7 Federal (In)Stability in Pakistan -- Chapter 8 Future Prospects for India and Pakistan and Lessons for Ethnically Divided Societies -- Appendix 1 Democratic Status of the World's Federations since 1900 -- Appendix 2 The Dates of President's Rule for the States and Union Territories of India 1951-2005 -- Appendix 3 The Number of Units in the World's Federations and Their Success Rate -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- List of Previous Publications.