The Indian Constitution / Madhav Khosla.
Khosla, Madhav.
2012
KNS1750 .K48 2012 (Map It)
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Author Khosla, Madhav.
Title The Indian Constitution / Madhav Khosla.
Published New Delhi : Oxford University Press, [2012]
Call Number KNS1750 .K48 2012
ISBN 9780198075387
0198075383
Description xxiv, 191 pages ; 19 cm.
System Control No. (OCoLC)800640012
Summary The Oxford India Short Introductions are concise, stimulating, and accessible guides to different aspects of India. Combining authoritative analysis, new ideas, and diverse perspectives, they discuss subjects which are topical yet enduring, as also emerging areas of study and debate. Giving identity to over a billion people, the Indian Constitution is one of the world's great political texts. Drafted over six decades ago, its endurance and operation have fascinated and surprised many. In this short introduction, Madhav Khosla brings to light its many features, aspirations, and controversies. How does the Constitution separate power between different political actors? What form of citizenship does it embrace? And how can it change? In answering questions such as these, Khosla unravels the document's remarkable and challenging journey, inviting readers to reflect upon the theory and practice of constitutionalism in the world's largest democracy.
Note The Oxford India Short Introductions are concise, stimulating, and accessible guides to different aspects of India. Combining authoritative analysis, new ideas, and diverse perspectives, they discuss subjects which are topical yet enduring, as also emerging areas of study and debate. Giving identity to over a billion people, the Indian Constitution is one of the world's great political texts. Drafted over six decades ago, its endurance and operation have fascinated and surprised many. In this short introduction, Madhav Khosla brings to light its many features, aspirations, and controversies. How does the Constitution separate power between different political actors? What form of citizenship does it embrace? And how can it change? In answering questions such as these, Khosla unravels the document's remarkable and challenging journey, inviting readers to reflect upon the theory and practice of constitutionalism in the world's largest democracy.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (pages 172-175) and index.
Series Oxford India short introductions.
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Introduction

1. Separation of powers
- 2. Federalism
- 3. Rights and goals
- 4. Changing the constitution.

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