The Indian parliament : a democracy at work / B.L. Shankar, Valerian Rodrigues.

By: Shankar, B. L, 1952-.

Contributor(s): Rodrigues, Valerian.

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2011.Description: xv, 412 p. 24 cm.ISBN: 9780198067726 (hbk.); 0198067720 (hbk.).Subject(s): Democracy -- India | India -- Politics and government -- 1947-DDC classification: 328.54

Contents:

Introduction: India's parliamentary democracy and its critics -- Making of the Indian parliament -- Changing social composition of the Lok Sabha -- Changing conception of representation: issues, concerns and institutions -- Changing modes of discourses: shift from English to regional languages -- From national identity to plural identities -- Parliament-judiciary relationship -- The Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha -- In-house reproduction of the Lok Sabha -- Conclusion: the parliament and democracy in India.

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