TY - BOOK AU - Ghai, K. K. TI - Indian Government and Politics U1 - 320.954 23 PY - 2016/// CY - New Delhi PB - Kalyani Publishers N1 - Chapter-1: Constitutional development in India: Brief history (1773-1947); Chapter-2: Indian national movement (1858-1947): A brief review; Chapter-3: Legacies of Indian political system: legacies of ancient India, Muslim period and British rule. major legacies of the Indian national movement; Chapter-4: Framing of the constitution of India constituent assembly of India: organisation, working and sources of constitution; Chapter-5: Constitution of India: 1. The preamble, 2. Philosophical foundations, 3. Salient features; Chapter-6: Three foundational principles of Indian constitution: Indian secularism, socialism and liberal democracy; Chapter-7: Part-iii of the constitution: fundamental rights; Chapter-8: Part-iv of the constitution: directive principles of state policy; Chapter-9: Fundamental duties: Part-iv a; Chapter-10: India as a union of states; Chapter-11: Nature of India as a federal state: Unitarian federatism; Chapter-12: Union-state relations; Chapter-13: The president of India; Chapter-14: The prime minister and union council of ministers; Chapter-15: Indian administration (I) features, (II) The civil service, (III) Public service commissions in India; Chapter-16: The union parliament: Lok Sabha & Rajya Sabha; Chapter-17: Administration of union territories; Chapter-18: Indian judiciary; Chapter-19: The state government: The governor; Chapter-20: State chief minister and state council of ministers; Chapter-21: State legislature: State legislative assembly and state legislative council; Chapter-22: Method of amendment of the constitution of India and its basic structure; Chapter-23: Some principal institutions and functionaries; Chapter-24: Protection of human rights national and state human rights commissions; Chapter-25: Local self-government in India: Panchayati Raj/rural local government and urban local government; Chapter-26: Indian party system: Nature; Chapter-27: Major national political parties: congress, BJP, CPI, CPM & BSP; Chapter-28: Regional political parties of India; Chapter-29: Interest groups and pressure groups in India; Chapter-30: Political defections; Chapter-31: Election system and election machinery; Chapter-32: The issue of electoral reforms; Chapter-33: Planning in India; Chapter-34: Economic liberation; Chapter-35: Land reforms and agrarian reforms; Chapter-36: Indian democracy: issue of language or language politics in India; Chapter-37: Indian democracy: Challenge of social and economic inequalities; Chapter-38: Indian democracy: The challenge of casteism and communalism; Chapter-39: Indian democracy: the challenge of 1. regionalism. 2. regional imbalances, 3. separatism, 4. violence, 5. terrorism; Chapter-40: Social justice and reservations; Chapter-41: Political mobilisation and social movements; Chapter-42: Nation-building and national integration; Chapter-43: Parliamentary democracy in India: Nature and working since 1950; Chapter-44: Coalition politics in India; N2 - X ER -