Author: Meera SrivastavaPublisher: Concept Publishing Company
ISBN:
Category : Federal government
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
Constitutional Crisis in the States in India
Author: Meera SrivastavaPublisher: Concept Publishing Company
ISBN:
Category : Federal government
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
Constitutional Crisis and Problems in India
Author: Suchinta BhattacharyaPublisher: Gyan Publishing House
ISBN: 9788178351865
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
The present book is an inquiry and also research finding into the contemporary constitutional crisis in India. This will make one aware not only of the weakness of the present model of parliamentary system responsible for electoral corruption, defection and constitutional bargaining but also of the way that the presidential model will effectively plug the shortcomings and defects inherent in our system of governance.In short, the book is a study of the Indian Constitution in the proper historical perspective a study punctuated by a highly provocative and yet refreshing analysis.The author very earnestly pleads for the widening of our mental horizon and to think more in terms of national interest rather than petty party politics.
Political Crisis and President's Rule in an Indian State
Author: Rabindra Kumar SethyPublisher: APH Publishing
ISBN: 9788176484633
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
This Books Narrates The Use And Abuse Of Article 356 In An All India Context With Special Reference To Orissa Which Can Be Termed As A Laboratory For Political Experience.
Constitutional Democracy in Crisis?
Author: Mark A. GraberPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190889004
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Is the world facing a serious threat to the protection of constitutional democracy? There is a genuine debate about the meaning of the various political events that have, for many scholars and observers, generated a feeling of deep foreboding about our collective futures all over the world. Do these events represent simply the normal ebb and flow of political possibilities, or do they instead portend a more permanent move away from constitutional democracy that had been thought triumphant after the demise of the Soviet Union in 1989? Constitutional Democracy in Crisis? addresses these questions head-on: Are the forces weakening constitutional democracy around the world general or nation-specific? Why have some major democracies seemingly not experienced these problems? How can we as scholars and citizens think clearly about the ideas of "constitutional crisis" or "constitutional degeneration"? What are the impacts of forces such as globalization, immigration, income inequality, populism, nationalism, religious sectarianism? Bringing together leading scholars to engage critically with the crises facing constitutional democracies in the 21st century, these essays diagnose the causes of the present afflictions in regimes, regions, and across the globe, believing at this stage that diagnosis is of central importance - as Abraham Lincoln said in his "House Divided" speech, "If we could first know where we are, and whither we are tending, we could then better judge what to do, and how to do it."
India's Founding Moment
Author: Madhav KhoslaPublisher:
ISBN: 0674980875
Category : Constitutional history
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
"How did the founders of the most populous democratic nation in the world meet the problem of establishing a democracy after the departure of foreign rule? The justification for British imperial rule had stressed the impossibility of Indian self-government. At the heart of India's founding moment, in which constitution-making and democratization occurred simultaneously, lay the question of how to implement democracy in an environment regarded as unqualified for its existence. India's founders met this challenge in direct terms-the people, they acknowledged, had to be educated to create democratic citizens. But the path to education lay not in being ruled by a superior class of men but rather in the very creation of a self-sustaining politics. Universal suffrage was instituted amidst poverty, illiteracy, social heterogeneity, and centuries of tradition. Under the guidance of B. R. Ambedkar, Indian lawmakers crafted a constitutional system that could respond to the problem of democratization under the most inhospitable of conditions. On January 26, 1950, the Indian constitution-the longest in the world-came into effect. More than half of the world's constitutions have been written in the past three decades. Unlike the constitutional revolutions of the late-eighteenth century, these contemporary revolutions have occurred in countries that are characterized by low levels of economic growth and education; are divided by race, religion, and ethnicity; and have democratized at once, rather than gradually. The Indian founding is a natural reference point for such constitutional moments-when democracy, constitutionalism, and modernity occur simultaneously"--
The Constitution of India
Author: Arun K ThiruvengadamPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1849468702
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 291
Book Description
This book provides an overview of the content and functioning of the Indian Constitution, with an emphasis on the broader socio-political context. It focuses on the overarching principles and the main institutions of constitutional governance that the world's longest written constitution inaugurated in 1950. The nine chapters of the book deal with specific aspects of the Indian constitutional tradition as it has evolved across seven decades of India's existence as an independent nation. Beginning with the pre-history of the Constitution and its making, the book moves onto an examination of the structural features and actual operation of the Constitution's principal governance institutions. These include the executive and the parliament, the institutions of federalism and local government, and the judiciary. An unusual feature of Indian constitutionalism that is highlighted here is the role played by technocratic institutions such as the Election Commission, the Comptroller and Auditor General, and a set of new regulatory institutions, most of which were created during the 1990s. A considerable portion of the book evaluates issues relating to constitutional rights, directive principles and the constitutional regulation of multiple forms of identity in India. The important issue of constitutional change in India is approached from an atypical perspective. The book employs a narrative form to describe the twists, turns and challenges confronted across nearly seven decades of the working of the constitutional order. It departs from conventional Indian constitutional scholarship in placing less emphasis on constitutional doctrine (as evolved in judicial decisions delivered by the High Courts and the Supreme Court). Instead, the book turns the spotlight on the political bargains and extra-legal developments that have influenced constitutional evolution. Written in accessible prose that avoids undue legal jargon, the book aims at a general audience that is interested in understanding the complex yet fascinating challenges posed by constitutionalism in India. Its unconventional approach to some classic issues will stimulate the more seasoned student of constitutional law and politics.
The Republic of India
Author: Alan GledhillThe Crisis of Secularism in India
Author: Anuradha Dingwaney NeedhamPublisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 9780822338468
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description
In this timely, nuanced collection, twenty leading cultural theorists assess the contradictory ideals, policies, and practices of secularism in India.
Indian Federalism
Author: Louise TillinPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199097879
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
To understand how politics, the economy, and public policy function in the world’s largest democracy, an appreciation of federalism is essential. Bringing to surface the complex dimensions that affect relations between India’s central government and states, this short introduction is the one-stop account to federalism in India. Paying attention to the constitutional, political, and economic factors that shape Centre–state relations, this book stimulates understanding of some of the big dilemmas facing India today. The ability of India’s central government to set the economic agenda or secure implementation of national policies throughout the country depends on the institutions and practices of federalism. Similarly, the ability of India’s states to contribute to national policy making or to define their own policy agendas that speak to local priorities all hinge on questions of federalism. Organised in four chapters, this book introduces readers to one of the key living features of Indian democracy.
Constitutional Coup
Author: Jon D. MichaelsPublisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674737733
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
Americans hate bureaucracy—though they love the services it provides—and demand that government run like a business. Hence today’s privatization revolution. Jon Michaels shows how the fusion of politics and profits commercializes government and consolidates state power in ways the Constitution’s framers endeavored to disaggregate.