Format:
1 online resource (xv, 311 pages)
,
digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
9781009180245
,
9781009180252
Content:
While there is overwhelming support for democracy in India and voter turnout is higher than in many Western democracies, there are low levels of trust in political parties and elected representatives. This book is an attempt to look beyond Indian elections, which has increasingly occupied analysts and commentators. It focuses on the Lok Sabha (The House of the People), comprising 543 members directly elected for five years by a potential 800 million plus voters in 2019. The book seeks to answer two questions: Is the Indian Parliament, which has the unenviable task of representing a diverse nation of a billion-plus people, working, if not in an exemplary manner, at least reasonably well, to articulate the diverse demands of the electorate and translate them into legislation and policy? To what extent has the practice of Indian democracy transformed the institution of parliament, which was adopted from the British, and its functioning?
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 11 Oct 2022)
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781009180252
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781009180252
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1017/9781009180245
