Subrata K. Mitra is Emeritus Professor of Political Science, Heidelberg University, Germany.

Subrata Mitra has provided us with a new, profound, and deep understanding of the remarkable degree to which India is and has become a mostly stable, civil and orderly society. He has probed as never done before the history and the politics of the Home Ministry, the most important part of India's government beyond - maybe even including - the office of Prime Minister. Governance by Stealth explains India's resilient democracy as a consequence of its institutional arrangements, most especially its Home Ministry's stealthy ability to sustain order without force. No one can hope to understand India's development or democracy's development without studying this gift that Professor Mitra has given us - a deep dive into the real workings of a civil, orderly India. Truly a great book! -Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, Julius Silver Professor of Politics, NYU, New York

Subrata K. Mitra is Emeritus Professor of Political Science, Heidelberg University, Germany.

Subrata Mitra has provided us with a new, profound, and deep understanding of the remarkable degree to which India is and has become a mostly stable, civil and orderly society. He has probed as never done before the history and the politics of the Home Ministry, the most important part of India's government beyond - maybe even including - the office of Prime Minister. Governance by Stealth explains India's resilient democracy as a consequence of its institutional arrangements, most especially its Home Ministry's stealthy ability to sustain order without force. No one can hope to understand India's development or democracy's development without studying this gift that Professor Mitra has given us - a deep dive into the real workings of a civil, orderly India. Truly a great book! -Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, Julius Silver Professor of Politics, NYU, New York

Subrata K. Mitra is Emeritus Professor of Political Science, Heidelberg University, Germany.

Subrata Mitra has provided us with a new, profound, and deep understanding of the remarkable degree to which India is and has become a mostly stable, civil and orderly society. He has probed as never done before the history and the politics of the Home Ministry, the most important part of India's government beyond - maybe even including - the office of Prime Minister. Governance by Stealth explains India's resilient democracy as a consequence of its institutional arrangements, most especially its Home Ministry's stealthy ability to sustain order without force. No one can hope to understand India's development or democracy's development without studying this gift that Professor Mitra has given us - a deep dive into the real workings of a civil, orderly India. Truly a great book! -Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, Julius Silver Professor of Politics, NYU, New York