chapter 1 Research purpose and background -- part Part I Community management: background, review and challenges -- chapter 2 Community management and community management plus: the background -- chapter 3 A systematic review of success factors in the community management of rural water supplies over the past 30 years -- chapter 4 Revisiting the history, concepts and typologies of community management for rural drinking water supply in India -- chapter 5 Case study research methodology -- part Part II Community management case studies of success from India -- chapter 6 Community management in the ‘neo-patrimonial’, low-income states -- chapter 7 Community management in the ‘social-democratic’, middle-income states -- chapter 8 Community management in the ‘developmental’, high-income states -- chapter 9 Community management in the mountains and hilly regions of India -- part Part III Synthesis of successful community management arrangements in India -- chapter 10 Organisational arrangements for successful community management -- chapter 11 The cost of good services -- chapter 12 Monitoring and regulation of community management -- chapter 13 Aspects of gender in community management -- chapter 14 Discussion and conclusions about community management in India and beyond.