The Indian Constituent Assembly: Deliberations on Democracy

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Notes on contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1 "We the people?": politics and the conundrum of framing a constitution on the eve of decolonisation -- 2 Conflict, not consensus: towards a political economy of the making of the Indian Constitution -- 3 Pride and prejudice in Austin's cornerstone: passions in the Constituent Assembly of India -- 4 The antecedents of social rights in India -- 5 The conservative constitution: freedom of speech and the Constituent Assembly Debates -- 6 Freedom of speech in the early constitution: a study of the Constitution (First Amendment) Bill -- 7 Between inequality and identity: the Indian Constituent Assembly Debates and religious difference, 1946-50 -- 8 "We the people": seamless webs and social revolution in India's Constituent Assembly Debates -- 9 India's republican moment -- Index

• | Author: Udit Bhatia
• | Publisher: Routledge India
• | Publication Date: Jul 04, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 238 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 1138224820
• | ISBN-13: 9781138224827