TY - GEN AU - TI - The Indian parliament and democratic transformation SN - 9781138107113 U1 - The Indian parliament and democratic transformation 23 PY - 2018/// CY - Abingdon, Oxon PB - Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group KW - Legislative bodies KW - India KW - History KW - Politics and government KW - 20th century N1 - Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed January 2, 2018); Part, I Institutional perspective -- chapter Introduction / Ajay K. Mehra -- chapter 1 Parliament -- The formative years, 1952–72 / B. G. Verghese -- chapter 2 Indian Parliament -- Changing institutional moorings / A. Surya Prakash -- chapter 3 Why is the Indian Parliament in a state of decline?* / Ashutosh Kumar -- part, II Issues in representation -- chapter 4 The Indian Parliament and its modes of political representation / Asha Sarangi -- chapter 5 Parliament as a representative institution -- An assessment / Ajay K. Mehra -- chapter 6 The nature of democratization of the Parliament -- A study of membership profile of Lok Sabha 1 / M. Manisha -- part, III Making the system accountable -- chapter 7 Parliamentary accountability in India -- Contestations and performance / Ajay Kumar Singh -- chapter 8 Parliament and accountability -- Enforcing responsibility / Rekha Saxena -- chapter 9 Opposition and parliamentary accountability -- Who sets the agenda? 1 / Sandeep Shastri -- chapter 10 An analysis of disruptions in Parliament / Ronojoy Sen -- chapter 11 Parliamentary control of delegated legislation -- The hazards of erroneous delegation / Jaivir Singh Raghab P. Dash -- chapter 12 ‘Responsibility’ and ‘accountability’ -- Confidence and No Confidence Motions in the Indian Parliament / Vikas Tripathi -- part, IV Parliament and other institutions -- chapter 13 From Panchayats to Parliament -- Exploring interfaces / Kripa Ananthpur -- chapter 14 The first and the fourth / Uttam Sengupta -- part, V Miscellaneous perspectives -- chapter 15 Parliamentary staffing -- Expertise and coordination / Raghab P. Dash -- chapter 16 Parliament in India’s foreign and security policy -- From a conscience keeper to an active arbiter / Rahul Tripathi -- chapter 17 Parliament as a spectacle -- Politics by other means / Smita Gupta ER -