Concise Encyclopedia of Indian Polity and Governance
Kashyap, Subhash C.
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PRODUCT DETAILS
Book ID : 36462
ISBN-10 : 81-7094-774-X / 817094774X
ISBN-13 : 978-81-7094-774-5 / 9788170947745
Place
of Publication :
Delhi
Year
of Publication :
2010
Edition : (First Edition)
Language : English
452p., 23 cm.
CONTENTS
CONTENTS:- Concept of Polity; Concept of Governance; Polity and Governance in Ancient India; Medieval Period; Modern Indian Polity; Achievements and Failures; Representational Legitimacy; Political Parties; Government; Public Administration; Union-State Relations; Corruption.
DESCRIPTION
Written by an expert, authority on the subject, this pioneering work of reference contains more than 350 alphabetically arranged entries on topics spanning India's political system - and how it works in practice. The topics covered include the institutions and organs of the Indian state, the legislature, the executive and the judiciary, the structure and functioning of the government and administration from the national level right down to the level of village panchayats, the manner in which India's political rulers are elected, how governments are formed and political decisions taken, how laws are made and implemented, and much else.