Der Sammelband präsentiert die Vorträge eines von den Herausgebern organisierten internationalen Kolloquiums am Internationalen Wissenschaftsforum Heidelberg vom 10./11. Februar 1995. Inhalt: Subrata K. Mitra: Introduction: Legitimacy and Conflict in South Asia (1-6); Dietmar Rothermund: Conflict as a Challenge to Legitimacy: A Historical Perspective (7-16); Subrata K. Mitra: Legitimacy, Governance and Political Institutions in India after Independence (17-49); Partha S. Ghosh: Hindu Nationalism, the Politics of Nation-Building and Implications for the Legitimacy of the State (50-68); Gurharpal Singh: Understanding Order and Legitimacy in Punjab since 1984 (69-81); Jyotirindra Dasgupta: Democracy, Development and Federalism: Some Implications of Constructive Constitutionalism in India (82-106); T. V. Sathyamurthy: Local Politics, Violence and Panchayati Raj (107-121); Dieter Conrad: Conflicting Legitimacies in Pakistan: The Changing Role of the Objectives Resolution (1949) in the Constitution (122-151); Tazeen M. Murshid: The Sacred and the Secular: A Crisis of Governance in Bangladesh (152-172); Amita Shastri: Constitution-Making as a Political Resource: Crisis of Legitimacy (173-193); Christian Wagner: Sri Lanka - Crisis of Legitimacy (194-206); Lok Raj Baral / Leo E. Rose: Democratization and the Crisis of Governance in Nepal (207-219); Surya P. Subedi: Indo-Nepal Relations: The Causes of Conflict and their Resolution (220-245); Dietmar Rothermund: Statements of the Discussants at the Conference on Legitimacy and Conflict (246-249).