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India's Living Constitution » (First Edition, 1)

Book cover image of India's Living Constitution by Zoya Hasan

Authors: Zoya Hasan, Eswaran Sridharan (Editor), Ratna M. Sudarshan
ISBN-13: 9781843311379, ISBN-10: 1843311372
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Anthem Press
Date Published: March 2005
Edition: First Edition, 1

Author Biography: Zoya Hasan

Zoya Hasan is Professor of Political Science, Centre for Political Studies, and Director of the Women's Studies Programme, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.

E. Sridharan is Academic Director of the University of Pennsylvania Institute for the Advanced Study of India, New Delhi.

R. Sudarshan is Senior Governance Advisor to the UNDP in Indonesia, and has worked for the UNDP since 1991, heading divisions in the India Office dealing with public policy and human development.

Book Synopsis

An examination of the ideas, practices and controversies surrounding the Indian Constitution.

1	Introduction : civilization, constitution, democracy	1
2	The (im)possibility of constitutional justice : seismographic notes on Indian constitutionalism	31
3	The Indian constitution and democracy	64
4	The nation and the state in India : a difficult bond	83
5	India's secular constitution	105
6	How has the proliferation of parties affected the Indian federation? : a comparative approach	134
7	'Stateness' and democracy in India's constitution	159
8	The inner conflict of constitutionalism : judicial review and the 'basic structure'	179
9	Individual and group rights : a view from India	207
10	Sex equality, liberty, and privacy : a comparative approach to the feminist critique	242
11	The pursuit of social justice	284
12	The long half-life of reservations	306
13	The expected and the unintended in working a democratic constitution	319
14	The origins of the electoral system : rules, representation, and power-sharing in India's democracy	344
15	Decentralization and local government : the 'second wind' of democracy in India	370
16	The 'politics of presence' and legislative reservations for women	405