Indian Federalism: Structure, Process and Agency

Indian Federalism: Structure, Process and Agency takes a comprehensive look at Indian Federalism, offering a jargon free and accessible critical analysis of its origin and development, innovative structural elements, federal functioning and effectiveness, and its resilience in the face of many challenges.

Federalism in India is a relative success story as a model of governance of a complex multi-ethnic country. This book provides a detailed examination of the structures of Indian federalism with particular focus on the core structures such as tiers of government, constitutional distribution of powers, parliamentary second chamber, Supreme Court, Finance Commission (fiscal federalism and, federal asymmetry), and Inter-State Council. Each discussion is preceded by the constitutional designs, and functions. The issues covered in this book are territorial accommodation of ethnic identity; power-sharing; centripetalism and state autonomy; changing political economy from a command economy to a market driven one; special significance of the major transformation in the party systems for federalism; and the new meaning of centre-state relations in the shifting patty systems and the political economy.

This book will be of interest to advanced undergraduates and postgraduates as a core text on Indian federalism, and a necessary reference for the students and researchers of comparative federalism, and Indian politics, globally speaking.