House of the People

Parliament and the Making of Indian Democracy

AvRonojoy Sen

Häftad, Engelska, 2025

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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?

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2025-02-27
Mått:152 x 229 x 19 mm
Vikt:536 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:327
Förlag:Cambridge University Press
ISBN:9781009608824

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Ronojoy Sen is Visiting Senior Research Fellow at the National University of Singapore. He is the the author of Articles of Faith: Religion, Secularism, and the Indian Supreme Court (Oxford, 2010) and Nation at Play: A History of Sport in India (Columbia University Press, 2015).

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'In this rich and comprehensive portrait of India's parliament, Ronojoy Sen skillfully exposes the continuing paradox and now deep crisis of the world's largest democracy. While India's parliament has become 'much more representative of Indian society,' it also reflects continuing democratic deficits, including the under-representation of women and Muslims, procedural disruption, corruption, criminal intrusion into politics, and the ominous trend of populist majoritarianism. House of the People is an essential work for understanding the trajectory and contradictions of India's democracy.' Larry Diamond, Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction; 1. The road to parliamentary democracy: The Constituent Assembly and its prehistory; 2. Protean institution: The changing composition of parliament; 3. 'Please take your seat!': Disruptions in parliament; 4. Inside out: The parliamentary committee system; 5. Corruption, criminality and immunity; 6. Conclusion.