TY - BOOK AU - Shankar,B.L. AU - Rodrigues,Valerian TI - The Indian parliament: a democracy at work SN - 9780198067726 (hbk.) AV - JQ254 .S455 2011 U1 - 328.54 PY - 2011/// CY - New Delhi PB - Oxford University Press KW - India KW - Parliament KW - Democracy KW - Politics and government KW - 1947- N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [387]-397) and index; Introduction: India's parliamentary democracy and its critics -- Making of the Indian parliament -- Changing social composition of the Lok Sabha -- Changing conception of representation: issues, concerns and institutions -- Changing modes of discourses: shift from English to regional languages -- From national identity to plural identities -- Parliament-judiciary relationship -- The Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha -- In-house reproduction of the Lok Sabha -- Conclusion: the parliament and democracy in India UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1110/2011321522-b.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1110/2011321522-d.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1110/2011321522-t.html ER -