Bidyut Chakrabarty

Indian Constitution

Design and Practice

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The book deals with the making and unfolding of the Constitution of India, framed by the Constituent Assembly between 1946 and 1949. Superseding the conventional legalistic approach, it focuses on the politico-ideological priorities of the members of Assembly who played a critical role in preparing the provisions of the Constitution.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 600
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Mai 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm
• ISBN-13: 9781032940731
• ISBN-10: 1032940735
• Artikelnr.: 71655015

Autorenporträt

Bidyut Chakrabarty, a former professor of Political Science, University of Delhi (1998-2018), retired as a Vice chancellor of Visva-Bharati, a university which was founded by the Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore. Besides these appointments, he also taught in many universities across the world as a visiting professor. An expert on nationalist thought, Professor Chakrabarty has also contributed to the field of political science in general.

Inhaltsangabe

PART A: CONSTITUTIONALIZING INDIA Introduction: Design of governance:
Indian Constitution and its functioning 1. Major initiatives by the
colonial government 2. The nationalist or indigenous inputs towards
constitutionalizing India 3. Judiciary being a significant actor in
constitutionalizing and democratizing India PART B: THE 1950 CONSTITUTION
Section A: Foundational Values 4. Introducing the Constitution of India 5.
Historical roots of the Constitution of India 6. Directive Principles of
State Policy (Part IV of the Constitution of India) 7. Constitutional
Democracy in India 8. Salient Features of the 1950 Constitution of India 9
. Ethics and constitutional governance in India 10. The doctrine of Basic
Structure of the Constitution of India Section B: Articulating a vision 11
. Citizenship in India 12. Language and nation-building: constitutional
inputs 13. Constitutionalizing reservation in India 14. Gender as critical
to the processes of constitutionalization 15. Right to Freedom of Religion
(Articles 25 - 28) 16. Secularism in India 17. Federalism in India:
redefining the constitutional template for governance 18. Emergency
Provisions - Part XVIII (Articles 352-360) Section C: Instruments for
constitutionalizing India 19. Article 370 of the Constitution of India 20.
Election Commission of India 21. Judiciary in India 22. Amending procedures
23. Comptroller and Auditor General of India 24. Governor: a constitutional
functionary with political aims or a political functionary with
constitutional goals (?) 25. Local Governance in India PART C: FUNCTIONING
OF THE CONSTITUTION 26. Judiciary and Constitutional Democracy in India
27. Constitutionalization and democracy in India 28. Rootedness of
Democracy in India 29. Constitutionalizing designs against gender
discrimination Conclusion Bibliography