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008 200710s2011 ii a g b 001 0 eng
020 _a9780198067726 (hbk.)
020 _a0198067720 (hbk.)
082 _a328.54
_bSHA P11I
100 _aShankar, B. L.
245 1 4 _aThe Indian parliament :
_ba democracy at work /
_cB.L. Shankar, Valerian Rodrigues.
260 _aNew Delhi :
_bOxford University Press,
_c2011.
300 _axv, 412 p. ;
_c24 cm.
505 0 _aIntroduction: India's parliamentary democracy and its critics -- Making of the Indian parliament -- Changing social composition of the Lok Sabha -- Changing conception of representation: issues, concerns and institutions -- Changing modes of discourses: shift from English to regional languages -- From national identity to plural identities -- Parliament-judiciary relationship -- The Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha -- In-house reproduction of the Lok Sabha -- Conclusion: the parliament and democracy in India.
650 0 _aDemocracy
_zIndia.
700 1 _aRodrigues, Valerian.
999 _$RB