02109nam a2200229   45000010005000000200029000051000023000342450055000572640049001123000021001613360022001823370026002043380024002304900029002545050309002835201032005926500022016246500032016466510036016789990015017149520150017296654  a9780199471676 (pbk.) :c1 aBeteille, Andre.e10aDemocracy and it's institutions /cAndre Beteille. 1aNew Delhi :bOxford University Press,c2012.  a214 p. ;c22 cm.  atext2rdacontent.  aunmediated2rdamedia.  avolume2rdacarrier.0 aOxford India paperbacks.  aCONTENTS: 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.grt  a"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.  0aDemocracyzIndia. 0aPublic institutionszIndia. 0aIndiaxPolitics and government.  c5604d5604  00102ddc40708MAINaRTCLIBbRTCLIBcMAINd2018-11-27h i10397l4m2o320.954 BETp30011445r2023-09-12 00:00:00s2023-09-11w2018-11-27yMAIN