The Indian parliament and democratic transformation / 
edited by Ajay K. Mehra 
 - Abingdon, Oxon :  Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group,  2018. 
 - xxviii, 367 pages : 
<br/><br/> Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed January 2, 2018). 
<br/><br/>Part, I Institutional perspective --<br/>chapter Introduction / Ajay K. Mehra --<br/>chapter 1 Parliament --<br/>The formative years, 1952–72 / B. G. Verghese --<br/>chapter 2 Indian Parliament --<br/>Changing institutional moorings / A. Surya Prakash --<br/>chapter 3 Why is the Indian Parliament in a state of decline?* / Ashutosh Kumar --<br/>part, II Issues in representation --<br/>chapter 4 The Indian Parliament and its modes of political representation / Asha Sarangi --<br/>chapter 5 Parliament as a representative institution --<br/>An assessment / Ajay K. Mehra --<br/>chapter 6 The nature of democratization of the Parliament --<br/>A study of membership profile of Lok Sabha 1 / M. Manisha --<br/>part, III Making the system accountable --<br/>chapter 7 Parliamentary accountability in India --<br/>Contestations and performance / Ajay Kumar Singh --<br/>chapter 8 Parliament and accountability --<br/>Enforcing responsibility / Rekha Saxena --<br/>chapter 9 Opposition and parliamentary accountability --<br/>Who sets the agenda? 1 / Sandeep Shastri --<br/>chapter 10 An analysis of disruptions in Parliament / Ronojoy Sen --<br/>chapter 11 Parliamentary control of delegated legislation --<br/>The hazards of erroneous delegation / Jaivir Singh Raghab P. Dash --<br/>chapter 12 ‘Responsibility’ and ‘accountability’ --<br/>Confidence and No Confidence Motions in the Indian Parliament / Vikas Tripathi --<br/>part, IV Parliament and other institutions --<br/>chapter 13 From Panchayats to Parliament --<br/>Exploring interfaces / Kripa Ananthpur --<br/>chapter 14 The first and the fourth / Uttam Sengupta --<br/>part, V Miscellaneous perspectives --<br/>chapter 15 Parliamentary staffing --<br/>Expertise and coordination / Raghab P. Dash --<br/>chapter 16 Parliament in India’s foreign and security policy --<br/>From a conscience keeper to an active arbiter / Rahul Tripathi --<br/>chapter 17 Parliament as a spectacle --<br/>Politics by other means / Smita Gupta. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781138107113 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Legislative bodies--History.--India
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>India--Politics and government--20th century.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>The Indian parliament and democratic transformation