Making Sense of the House
Explaining the Decline of the Indian Parliament amidst Democratization
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6170978 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rahul Verma (0000-0002-5356-813X, University of California, Berkeley), Vikas Tripathi (0000-0001-6103-1052, Dr. Hari Singh Gour University) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 153-177 |
| Publication date | 2013-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Studies in Indian Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2321-0230 • E-ISSN: 2321-7472 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/2321023013502907 |
| OpenAlex | W2089037981 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 15 |
Although the Indian Parliament has witnessed progressive democratization in terms of representation of various sections of society, it has declined as an effective institution of accountability. Unlike in Western democracies, the decline of Indian parliament is not due to strengthening of the executive. Ironically both the executive and the parliament in India have remained weak during the ‘democratic upsurge’ era, while some non-parliamentary institutions have succeeded in asserting their autonomy. We find that existing literature on Indian parliament fails in explaining the paradox of declining parliamentary performance amidst its democratization. In this article, we highlight five such paradoxes. We bring in political parties as the main explanatory variable and argue that the changing character of political parties during the ‘democratic upsurge’ era in India lies at the heart of this debate: the emergence of new players representing sectional interests though increased representation of various sections of society, yet adversarial politics among these parties led to parliament’s decline
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India's New Subject-Based Parliamentary Standing Committees
Representation as Advocacy
Shifting the Balance? Parliament, the Executive and the British Constitution
Understanding the British Parliament
Dynastic parties
Disrupting Rituals of Debate in the Indian Parliament
The decline of India's parliament
Executive–legislature interface in the Indian polity
India's Disordered Democracy
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,25 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2019 (6) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |