Indian Democracy Derailed Politics and Politicians

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APH Publishing, 1997 - Political Science - 489 pages
 

Contents

Working of Indian Constitution
1
Success or Failure
15
in a changing Milieu
19
Changing with times
43
Order and liberty in Indian Society
63
Misplaced leadership
111
Political Funding
115
Mafia and guns
129
Pakistan rattles Indian democracy
261
Political corruption
275
Corruption in high places
327
decline and fall of a prime minister
339
traditional values lost
353
A severely damaged instrument
369
Intelligence machinery at crossroads
397
Central Bureau of Investigation under stress
401

Politicians and mafia nexus
141
Religion in politics
169
Pseudo godmen in Indian polity
183
Parties scramble nation suffers
189
A dream that failed
197
Threat to National Security
203
Secular India lives amidst communal outcries
213
Caste wars
225
Infiltration of foreign nationals
235
a necessity or status symbol
423
Outcry against judicial activism
429
Army last bastion of democracy
437
Democracy in Britain at work
447
Epilogue
456
Bibliography and References
466
General Index
473
Index of Names
477
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