Search Results - "Will Self"

The guardians : the League of Nations and the crisis of empire / by Pedersen, Susan, 1959-

Table of Contents: “…A Whole World Talking -- Part II. Retreat from Self-Determination, 1923-1930 -- Preface: Allies and Rivals -- 4. …”
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The republic of beliefs : a new approach to law and economics / by Basu, Kaushik

Democracy and development in India : from socialism to pro-business / by Kohli, Atul

Table of Contents: “…: rise and decline of self-determination movements in India -- Enduring another election : India defies the odds -- From majority to minority rule : making sense of the "new" Indian politics -- II. …”

Insurgent empire : anticolonial resistance and British dissent / by Gopal, Priyamvada, 1968-

Isaiah Berlin and the politics of freedom : "Two concepts of liberty" 50 years later /

Global inequality : a new approach for the age of globalization / by Milanovic, Branko

House, but no garden : apartment living in Bombay's suburbs, 1898-1964 / by Rao, Nikhil

Constitutionalism and a right to effective government? /

Table of Contents: “…Jackson and Yasmin Dawood -- Resolution and accommodation in the good constitution / Nicholas Barber -- Effective governance and the social dimension of the rule of law / Jeff King -- Effective government and the two faces of constitutionalism / Yasmin Dawood -- The right to effective self-government / Katharina Pistor -- Post-liberal constitutionalism and the right to effective government / David S. …”

The great convergence : information technology and the new globalization / by Baldwin, Richard E.

The new Middle East : what everyone needs to know / by Gelvin, James L., 1951-

Indian government and politics / by Chakrabarty, Bidyut, 1958-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Salient features of the Indian constitution -- Founding fetters of the constitution -- The preamble -- Fundamental rights -- Fundamental duties -- Directive principles of state policy -- Federalism -- Parliamentary system -- Amending procedures -- Concluding observations -- Federalism -- Demystifying Indian polity -- Federalism in India -- The federal arrangement: its evolution -- Concluding observations -- The executive system in theory and practice -- Adopting the executive system -- The president -- The prime minister -- The council of ministers -- Bureaucracy -- Concluding observations -- Parliament -- A thoughtful choice -- Limitations/features of Indian parliament -- Composition of the parliament -- Changing socio-economic profile -- Concluding observations -- State executive -- Features of the state executive -- Office of the governor -- Chief minister -- The council of ministers -- Concluding observations -- The judiciary -- Perspectives of the constituent assembly -- Supreme court -- High courts -- Judicial review -- Public interest litigation -- Judicial activism -- Judicial reforms -- Union public service commission -- Election commission -- Comptroller and auditor general -- Finance commission -- Concluding observations -- Planning and economic development -- Concept of planned development -- Genesis and development of planning in India -- Role of the planning commission -- Planning in the era of liberalization -- Concluding observations -- Statutory institutions and commissions -- National commission for backward classes -- National commission for women -- National human rights commission -- National commission for minorities -- Concluding observations -- The Indian party system -- Evolution of the Indian party system -- Coalition governments at the centre and the states -- Pressure groups in Indian politics -- Elites in Indian party system -- Contemporary trends in Indian party system -- Concluding observations -- The evolution of Indian administration -- Genesis of administration in India -- Aspects of the Mughal administration -- Legacies of the British rule -- Developments during the rule of the company -- Developments in Indian administration since 1857 -- Concluding observations -- Panchayati governance in India -- Local self-government in India -- Structure of the Panchayati Raj institutions -- Powers and functions of the Panchayats -- Role of women and other marginalized sections of the society -- Rural development: Panchayats and the bureaucracy -- Issues in effective functioning of the Panchayats -- Role of Panchayati Raj in the era of liberlization -- Concluding observations -- Major issues in Indian politics -- Mandal II: reservation for social justice or appropriation by the creamy layer? …”
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Knowledge Production, Pedagogy, and Institutions in Colonial India /

The ethics of development : from economism to human development by Gasper, Des