Indian government and politics
by Pandey, Rajendra Kumar, Chakrabarty, Bidyut
fromSage texts
by Pandey, Rajendra Kumar, Chakrabarty, Bidyut
fromSage texts
by Pandey, Rajendra Kumar, Chakrabarty, Bidyut
fromSage texts
by Pandey, Rajendra Kumar, Chakrabarty, Bidyut
fromSage texts
"Indian Government and Politics will serve as a standard textbook for undergraduate students of Political Science and Public Administration. It is also an incisive manual for the candidates appearing for various UPSC and civil service examinations, besides being invaluable for s…
by Pandey, Rajendra Kumar, Chakrabarty, Bidyut
fromSage texts
Indian Government and Politics will serve as a standard textbook for undergraduate. students of Political Science and Public Administration. It is also an incisive. manual for the candidates appearing for various UPSC and civil service examinations, . besides being invaluable fo…
At the twilight of the British rule in India, a little known civil servant, Sir Benegal Narsing Rau (1887-1953) was sought after by the ruling elites - both British and Indian, for his immense knowledge of the nature and working of the constitutions of the world as well as his r…
Who was Sir B.N. Rau and why is it important to remember him in the history of the Indian constitution? This text answers this question by taking us into the years leading to India's independence and the framing of the Indian constitution. In recovering his ideas by revisiting t…
"Why did the Constituent Assembly of India discard Mahatma Gandhi's concept of constitutional structure that gave prominence to villages, and prefer parliamentary democracy instead? Why did the self-sufficient and self-governing village of his dream not find a place in India's p…
"This book makes a case for the unprecedented violence in India's immediate postcolonization and argues that it played a crucial role in institutional and constitutional development during this six-year span"--
Azad Hyderabad in the age of empire and nationalism -- The battle for Hyderabad -- Foundational violence : state and society in partitioned Punjab -- Nation and narration : testimony, citizenship, and sovereignty -- An Indian Yan'an : Telangana, 1946-52 -- The camp and the citiz…
"This book makes a case for the unprecedented violence in India's immediate postcolonization and argues that it played a crucial role in institutional and constitutional development during this six-year span."--
"This book makes a case for the unprecedented violence in India's immediate postcolonization and argues that it played a crucial role in institutional and constitutional development during this six-year span"--
Explaining the postcolonial Indian polity by presenting an alternative historical narrative of the British Empire in India and India's struggle for independence, this book follows two strands: firstly, the role of imperial judicial practices and institutions in the making of bot…