This volume examines various aspects of the Indian Constitution from the perspective of political theory. The essays view the Constitution as a political or ethical document, thereby reflecting configurations of power and interests or articulating a moral vision.
This volume examines various aspects of the Indian Constitution from the perspective of political theory. The essays view the Constitution as a political or ethical document, thereby reflecting configurations of power and interests or articulating a moral vision.
Rajeev Bhargava is Director, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, Delhi.
Inhaltsangabe
* Acknowledgements; Introduction: Outline of a Political Theory of the Indian Constitution (Rajeev Bhargava); * SECTION I; * 1.: The Constitution as a Statement of Indian Identity (Bhikhu Parekh); * 2.: Gandhi and the Constitution: Parliamentary Swaraj and Village Swaraj (Thomas Pantham); * 3.: Institutional Visions and Sociological Imaginations: The Debate on Panchayati Raj (Peter Ronald deSouza); * 4.: Outline of a 'Theory of Practice' of Indian Constitutionalism (Upendra Baxi); * 5.: A Text Without Author: Locating the Constituent Assembly as an Event (Aditya Nigam); SECTION II; * 6.: The Indian State: Constitution and Beyond (Suhas Palshikar); * 7.: Citizenship and the Indian Constitution (Valerian Rodrigues); * 8.: Citizenship and the Passive Revolution: Interpreting the First Amendment (Nivedita Menon); * 9.: Democracy and Constitutionalism (Sanjay Palshikar); * 10.: Constitutional Justice: Positional and Cultural (Gopal Guru); * SECTION III; * 11.: Containing the Lower Castes: The Constitutent Assembly and the Reservation Policy (Christophe Jaffrelot); * 12.: Affirmative Action for Disadvantaged Groups: A Cross-constitutional Study of India and the US (Ashok Acharya); SECTION IV; * 13.: Religion and the Indian Constitution: Questions of Separation and Equality (Gurpreet Mahajan); * 14.: Passion and Constraint: Courts and the Regulation of Religious Meaning (Pratap Bhanu Mehta); * 15.: Rights versus Representation: Defending Minority Interests in the Constituent Assembly (Shefali Jha); * 16.: Minority Representation and the Making of the Indian Constitution (Rochana Bajpai); * Notes on Contributors; Index
* Acknowledgements; Introduction: Outline of a Political Theory of the Indian Constitution (Rajeev Bhargava); * SECTION I; * 1.: The Constitution as a Statement of Indian Identity (Bhikhu Parekh); * 2.: Gandhi and the Constitution: Parliamentary Swaraj and Village Swaraj (Thomas Pantham); * 3.: Institutional Visions and Sociological Imaginations: The Debate on Panchayati Raj (Peter Ronald deSouza); * 4.: Outline of a 'Theory of Practice' of Indian Constitutionalism (Upendra Baxi); * 5.: A Text Without Author: Locating the Constituent Assembly as an Event (Aditya Nigam); SECTION II; * 6.: The Indian State: Constitution and Beyond (Suhas Palshikar); * 7.: Citizenship and the Indian Constitution (Valerian Rodrigues); * 8.: Citizenship and the Passive Revolution: Interpreting the First Amendment (Nivedita Menon); * 9.: Democracy and Constitutionalism (Sanjay Palshikar); * 10.: Constitutional Justice: Positional and Cultural (Gopal Guru); * SECTION III; * 11.: Containing the Lower Castes: The Constitutent Assembly and the Reservation Policy (Christophe Jaffrelot); * 12.: Affirmative Action for Disadvantaged Groups: A Cross-constitutional Study of India and the US (Ashok Acharya); SECTION IV; * 13.: Religion and the Indian Constitution: Questions of Separation and Equality (Gurpreet Mahajan); * 14.: Passion and Constraint: Courts and the Regulation of Religious Meaning (Pratap Bhanu Mehta); * 15.: Rights versus Representation: Defending Minority Interests in the Constituent Assembly (Shefali Jha); * 16.: Minority Representation and the Making of the Indian Constitution (Rochana Bajpai); * Notes on Contributors; Index
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