Bidyut Chakrabarty

Constitutionalizing India

An Ideational Project

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Produktbeschreibung

This is a book on the processes of constitutionalizing India in which the role of enlgihtenment philosophy seems to have been most critical. Not only the British colonizers, the Indian nationalists also championed these ideas while charting out India's future following decolonization in 1947. The study also confirms that the scene in independent India is not different since the enlightenment values continue to remain decisive in governance.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Sydney University Press
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 211mm x 142mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 431g
• ISBN-13: 9780199487622
• ISBN-10: 0199487626
• Artikelnr.: 54535591

Autorenporträt

Bidyut Chakrabarty is professor of political science at the University of Delhi.

Inhaltsangabe

* Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1
British Liberals and the Initial Impetus towards Reorganizing the
Indian Socio-political Order
Chapter 2
Nationalist Liberals and the Advent of Liberal Thought
Chapter 3
Radical Liberals and the Reimagining of 'the Nation' through Politics
Chapter 4
Princely States and the Nationalists' Constitutionalizing Endeavour
Chapter 5
Major Colonial Designs towards Constitutionalizing India
Chapter 6
Major Nationalist Initiatives towards Constitutionalizing India
Chapter 7
Mahatma Gandhi's Alternative Conceptualization of Liberal
Constitutionalism
Chapter 8
The Constituent Assembly (1946-9) and Its Role in Articulating a
Distinct Response
Chapter 9
The Doctrine of Basic Structure and the Reinforcement of
Constitutional Liberalism in Post-independent India
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
About the Author