The Indian Parliament and Democratic Transformation (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Mehra, Ajay K.

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book traces the trajectory of the Indian Parliament from its formation to present day. The essays presented here explore parliamentary democracy through the formative years and highlight the Parliament's function as a representative and accountable institution, its procedures and responsibility, its connection with the other arms of the state, its relationship with grassroots democracy and the press, and its critical role in framing foreign policy and national security.

The volume frames major debates surrounding the Parliament through historical, conceptual and contemporary political perspectives. It also looks at how politics in practice is being continuously changed and challenged by new social media and further views the transformation of India's apex legislative institution in terms of democratizing processes, constitutional values and changing mores.

The book will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of Indian politics, history, comparative politics, political science and modern India.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 396
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. November 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351259842
• Artikelnr.: 50520137

Autorenporträt

Ajay K. Mehra is a political scientist affiliated with the University of Delhi and coordinates the activities of the Centre for Public Affairs, a network institution of public intellectuals.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures and Tables. Contributors. Foreword. Preface. List of
Abbreviations. Introduction Part I Institutional Perspective 1. Parliament:
The Formative Years, 1952-72 2. Indian Parliament: Changing Institutional
Moorings 3. Why is the Indian Parliament in a State of Decline? Part II
Issues in Representation 4. The Indian Parliament and its Mode of Political
Representation 5. Parliament as a Representative Institution: An Assessment
6. The Nature of Democratization of the Parliament: A Study of Membership
Profile of Lok Sabha Part III Making the System Accountable 7.
Parliamentary Accountability in India: Contestations and Performance 8.
Parliament and Accountability: Enforcing Responsibility 9. Opposition and
Parliamentary Accountability: Who Sets the Agenda? 10. An Analysis of
Disruptions in Parliament 11. Parliamentary Control of Delegated
Legislation: The Hazards of Erroneous Delegation 12. 'Responsibility' and
'Accountability': Confidence and No Confidence Motions in the Indian
Parliament Part IV Parliament & Other Institutions 13. From Panchayats to
Parliament: Exploring Interfaces 14. The First and the Fourth Estates in
India Part V Miscellaneous Perspective 15. Parliamentary Staffing:
Expertise and Coordination 16. Parliament in India's Foreign and Security
Policy: From a Conscience Keeper to an Active Arbiter 17. Parliament as a
Spectacle: Politics by Other Means. Index