TY  - BOOK
AU  - Beteille,Andre
TI  - Democracy and it's institutions
T2  - Oxford India paperbacks
SN  - 9780199471676 (pbk.) :
PY  - 2012///
CY  - New Delhi
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Democracy
KW  - India
KW  - Public institutions
KW  - Politics and government
N1  - CONTENTS: The institutions of democracy -- Government and opposition -- Civil society and the state -- Constitutional morality -- Can rights undermine trust? : how institutions work and  why they fail -- Caste and the citizen -- Pluralism and liberalism -- Law and custom -- Sociology and ideology
N2  - "This volume reflects Beteille's engagement with the  conception of formal, legal, political institutions  (Parliament, Judiciary, and political parties), and  practices in specific domains of public and political  life- rule of law, constitutional morality, the  opposition-without which democracies cannot function or  survive. The focus on institutions highlights the  divergence between ideal and practice in the operation of  democracy. The author contends that the institutions of  civil society require an effective constitutional  framework for their proper functioning, and that such a  framework suffers when social movements set themselves  continuously against the State's authority. The  relationship between government and opposition acquires  great value and significance in a democracy, and this  issue has been examined in detail. The volume not only  points to what remains neglected in the study of  democracy but also offers an understanding of the ground  on which democracies rest."--Publisher's website.
ER  -