Introduction
Sudha Pai and Avinash Kumar
one PARLIAMENTARY FUNCTIONING: INTERNAL DIMENSIONS
1 Measuring the Effectiveness of the Indian Parliament
M. R. Madhavan and Harsimran Kalra
2 The Anti-Defection Law: Intent and Outcome
Kaushiki Sanyal
3 Understanding Private Members’ Bills in the Indian Parliament
Raghab Dash
4 Bicameralism in India: The Centre and the States
K. C. Sivaramakrishnan and Bhanu Joshi
5 Performing Ethno-Linguistic Representation: A Study of Indian Parliamentary Ceremony and Ritual
Carole Spary
two PARLIAMENTARY CONTROL VERSUS EXECUTIVE AUTONOMY
6 Accountability and Parliamentary Oversight Committees
Amitabh Mukhopadhyay
7 Can the DRSCs Step into the Institutional Void of India’s Parliamentary Democracy?
Valerian Rodrigues
8 Strengthening Legislative Capabilities of the Indian Parliament: The National Advisory Council
Balveeer Arora and K. K. Kailash
9 Delegation of Legislation in India: Constitutional Imperatives and the Economy
of Politics
Jaivir Singh
three PARLIAMENTARY FUNCTIONING: EXTERNAL DIMENSIONS
10 Crime, (Politics), and Non-Punishment
Avinash Kumar
11 Criminality in the LokSabha: An Examination of MP Participation and MP Attributes
Devesh K. Tiwari
12 Delusions of Grandeur: How Corruption in the Media Undermines the Working of Parliamentary Democracy
Paranjoy Guha Thakurta
13 The Rival Representative Claims of the Parliament and Civil Society in India
Niraja Gopal Jayal