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OverviewIt has long been contended that the Indian Constitution of 1950, a document in English created by elite consensus, has had little influence on India's greater population. Drawing upon the previously unexplored records of the Supreme Court of India, A People's Constitution upends this narrative and shows how the Constitution actually transformed the Full Product DetailsAuthor: Rohit DePublisher: Princeton University Press Imprint: Princeton University Press Volume: 7 ISBN: 9780691174433ISBN 10: 0691174431 Pages: 312 Publication Date: 27 November 2018 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , General/trade , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Temporarily unavailable  The supplier advises that this item is temporarily unavailable. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out to you. Language: English Table of ContentsReviewsRich and deeply researched, this groundbreaking legal history will speak to readers in many fields and countries. De shows how ordinary citizens played a disproportionate role in giving meaning to India's Constitution, how it became a vehicle for arguing about unresolved tensions among the many groups constituting the new nation, and why constitutionalism became such an important part of modern Indian society. I learned a great deal from this wonderful book. -Kenneth W. Mack, Harvard University The study of India's Constitution, perhaps one of the most important documents of the twentieth century, has long been neglected. In A People's Constitution, De shows how it generated forms of democratic behavior among the nation's less elite subjects-an important idea, given that India is the world's largest democracy. No other work so lucidly explains the Indian Constitution, and this informative and original book will be widely read. -Durba Ghosh, Cornell University This book offers genuinely original insights into the transformation of India's Constitution into a living reality of social and economic life. Its emphasis on the role of ordinary citizens, and civil society organizations, provides a fascinating perspective ignored in standard accounts focusing on the statecraft of political elites in New Delhi. --Bruce Ackerman, Yale University Rich and deeply researched, this groundbreaking legal history will speak to readers in many fields and countries. De shows how ordinary citizens played a disproportionate role in giving meaning to India's Constitution, how it became a vehicle for arguing about unresolved tensions among the many groups constituting the new nation, and why constitutionalism became such an important part of modern Indian society. I learned a great deal from this wonderful book. --Kenneth W. Mack, Harvard University The study of India's Constitution, perhaps one of the most important documents of the twentieth century, has long been neglected. In A People's Constitution, De shows how it generated forms of democratic behavior among the nation's less elite subjects--an important idea, given that India is the world's largest democracy. No other work so lucidly explains the Indian Constitution, and this informative and original book will be widely read. --Durba Ghosh, Cornell University Author InformationRohit De is assistant professor of history at Yale University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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