The Indian Constituent Assembly: Deliberations on Democracy

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Udit Bhatia (Lecturer, Political Theory, Lady Margaret Hall, University of Oxford, UK)

The Indian Constituent Assembly

Deliberations on Democracy

Udit Bhatia (Lecturer, Political Theory, Lady Margaret Hall, University of Oxford, UK)

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Routledge India
04 July 2017

Political science & theory; Constitution: government & the state; Political structures: democracy

The Indian Constituent Assembly laid the foundations of the largest democracy in the world. The debates between the members of the Assembly form the bedrock of the Indian Constitution. The chapters in this volume propose a range of methodological perspectives from which these critical debates might be read. Adopting a multidisciplinary approach, they explore themes such as party politics, ideas of rights, including caste and minority rights, social justice and the philosophy of free speech.

A major contribution to the study of Indian politics, this book will be indispensable to political scientists, political theorists, legal scholars, historians, lawyers and general readers interested in the history of the Indian Constitution.

Edited by: Udit Bhatia (Lecturer Political Theory Lady Margaret Hall University of Oxford UK)
Imprint: Routledge India
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm,
Weight: 600g
ISBN: 9781138224827
ISBN 10: 1138224820
Pages: 238
Publication Date: 04 July 2017
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

"Introduction 1. ""We the People?"": Politics and the Conundrum of Framing a Constitution on the Eve of Decolonization 2. Conflict not Consensus: Towards a Political Economy of the Making of the Indian Constitution3. 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, 1946-1950 8. ‘We the People’: Seamless Webs and Social Revolution in India’s Constituent Assembly Debates 9. India’s Republican Moment"

Udit Bhatia is Lecturer in Political Theory at Lady Margaret Hall, University of Oxford, UK. He is a doctoral candidate at the Department of Politics and International Relations at Oxford, and his research interests lie at the intersections of democratic theory, political representation and social epistemology. He is currently examining the normative case against exclusion of persons from democratic citizenship on the basis of epistemic inferiority.