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020			_a9780199471676 (pbk.) : _c
100	1		_aBeteille, Andre. _e
245	1	0	_aDemocracy and it's institutions / _cAndre Beteille.
264		1	_aNew Delhi : _bOxford University Press, _c2012.
300			_a214 p. ; _c22 cm.
336			_atext _2rdacontent.
337			_aunmediated _2rdamedia.
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier.
490	0		_aOxford India paperbacks.
505			_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. _g _r _t
520			_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.
650		0	_aDemocracy _zIndia.
650		0	_aPublic institutions _zIndia.
651		0	_aIndia _xPolitics and government.
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