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Author:   Bidyut Chakrabarty (Delhi University, India)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge India
Weight:   1.300kg
ISBN:  

9781032940717

ISBN 10:   1032940719
Pages:   604
Publication Date:   21 July 2025
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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PART A: CONSTITUTIONALIZING INDIA Introduction: Design of governance: Indian Constitution and its functioning 1. Major initiatives by the colonial government 2. The nationalist or indigenous inputs towards constitutionalizing India 3. Judiciary being a significant actor in constitutionalizing and democratizing India PART B: THE 1950 CONSTITUTION Section A: Foundational Values 4. Introducing the Constitution of India 5. Historical roots of the Constitution of India 6. Directive Principles of State Policy (Part IV of the Constitution of India) 7. Constitutional Democracy in India 8. Salient Features of the 1950 Constitution of India 9. Ethics and constitutional governance in India 10. The doctrine of Basic Structure of the Constitution of India Section B: Articulating a vision 11. Citizenship in India 12. Language and nation-building: constitutional inputs 13. Constitutionalizing reservation in India 14. Gender as critical to the processes of constitutionalization 15. Right to Freedom of Religion (Articles 25 – 28) 16. Secularism in India 17. Federalism in India: redefining the constitutional template for governance 18. Emergency Provisions – Part XVIII (Articles 352-360) Section C: Instruments for constitutionalizing India 19. Article 370 of the Constitution of India 20. Election Commission of India 21. Judiciary in India 22. Amending procedures 23. Comptroller and Auditor General of India 24. Governor: a constitutional functionary with political aims or a political functionary with constitutional goals (?) 25. Local Governance in India PART C: FUNCTIONING OF THE CONSTITUTION 26. Judiciary and Constitutional Democracy in India 27. Constitutionalization and democracy in India 28. Rootedness of Democracy in India 29. Constitutionalizing designs against gender discrimination Conclusion Bibliography

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Bidyut Chakrabarty, a former professor of political science, University of Delhi (1998–2018), retired as a vice chancellor of Visva-Bharati, a university which was founded by the Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore. Besides these appointments, he also taught in many universities across the world as a visiting professor. An expert on nationalist thought, Professor Chakrabarty has also contributed to the field of political science in general.

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