Nehru to the nineties : the changing office of Prime Minister in India

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Nehru to the nineties : the changing office of Prime Minister in India

B.D. Dua ... [et al.] ; James Manor, editor

Hurst & Company, c1994

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  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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An examination of the evolution of the office of prime minister in the world's largest democracy. Given the long terms in office of two of the incumbents - Jawaharlal Nehru and his daughter, Indira Gandhi - they naturally receive particular attention. However rather than discussing the achievements of individual office-holders, it is the varying dimensions of the prime minister's role and authority that are assessed - in relation to institutions such as parliament, the bureaucracy, the judiciary, the foreign and defence establishment, and also in relation to important social and political forces such as the Hindu Right, the communist Left and the Centrist ruling parties. The book thus breaks new ground in its analysis of political change in India and provides students of comparative Third World politics with an introduction to this country of 850 million people.

Table of Contents

  • The prime minister and parliament, Vernon Hewitt
  • the prime minister and the bureaucracy, David Potter
  • the prime minister and the judiciary, A.G. Noorani
  • the prime minister and the federal system, B.D. Dua
  • the prime minister and the presidency, James Manor
  • the prime minister and foreign/defence policy, Sumit Ganguly
  • the prime minister and the ruling parties, Robin Jeffrey
  • the prime minister and the Hindu Right, Burce Graham
  • the prime minister and the communist Left, Zoya Hasan
  • the prime minister and "the weaker sections of society", Gyanshyam Shah.

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