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The Indian federal system has been dynamic in accommodating political and societal changes since its constitutional blueprint was drawn in 1949-50. However, there has been a fundamental transformation in the operative principles of federalism particularly during the last decade or so. The rhythm and the beat of the political system, and of the federal system within it, has changed on account of a variety of socio-economic and political factors, but primarily because of a disarray of the party system, neo-liberal economic policies, and judicial decisions. The centralizing thrust of the earlier years has yielded to some kind of a 'confederal' operation of the political system, making the formulation and implementation of public policies a 'consociational' exercise between political elites at the two levels of government—central and provincial—with the third, now constitutionally entrenched level—local institutions of self-government—waiting in the wings.
The eighteen papers in this volume, written by experts in the field, reflect on the new and emerging trends in Indian federalism in particular and in the Indian political system in general in the larger context of global and regional changes.
Contents
Introduction; Understanding India as a Federation: Liberal Principles, Conservative Tradition & Socialist Ideology; India: Challenges of National Building in a Federal Society; India: Ethnicity & Federalism; Federalism & State Formation: An Appraisal of Indian Practice; Federalism & Change: India in the First Fifty Years; The Prime Minister & the Federal System in India; Towards a More Federalized Parliamentary System in India: Explaining Functional Change; Indias Federal Structure: Some Inbuilt Strains; Role of Intergovernmental Agencies in Federal India; Federalism in India & the Supreme Court Rulings; Judicial Review of Presidential Proclamation under Article 356 of the Constitution of India: A Critical Analysis; Institutions of Self-government in India: Towards Multi-level Federalism; Indian Federalism & NCRWC Report, 2002: Quest for a Federation without Federalism?; The Politcal Economy of Federalism in India: Elements of an Emerging Approach; Central Government in the Age of Globalization: New Directions of Indian Federalism; Globalization & Indian Federalism; Market-preserving Federalism, Globalization, & Subnational Economic Growth: Evidence from China & India; The Impact of Global & Regional Integration on Indian Parliamentary Federal System; Index.
