Indian Government and Politics / K. K. Ghai

Chapter-1: Constitutional development in India: Brief history (1773-1947);
Chapter-2: Indian national movement (1858-1947): A brief review;
Chapter-3: Legacies of Indian political system: legacies of ancient India, Muslim period and British rule. major legacies of the Indian national movement;
Chapter-4: Framing of the constitution of India constituent assembly of India: organisation, working and sources of constitution;
Chapter-5: Constitution of India: 1. The preamble, 2. Philosophical foundations, 3. Salient features;
Chapter-6: Three foundational principles of Indian constitution: Indian secularism, socialism and liberal democracy;
Chapter-7: Part-iii of the constitution: fundamental rights;
Chapter-8: Part-iv of the constitution: directive principles of state policy;
Chapter-9: Fundamental duties: Part-iv a;
Chapter-10: India as a union of states;
Chapter-11: Nature of India as a federal state: Unitarian federatism;
Chapter-12: Union-state relations;
Chapter-13: The president of India;
Chapter-14: The prime minister and union council of ministers;
Chapter-15: Indian administration (I) features, (II) The civil service, (III) Public service commissions in India;
Chapter-16: The union parliament: Lok Sabha & Rajya Sabha;
Chapter-17: Administration of union territories;
Chapter-18: Indian judiciary;
Chapter-19: The state government: The governor;
Chapter-20: State chief minister and state council of ministers;
Chapter-21: State legislature: State legislative assembly and state legislative council;
Chapter-22: Method of amendment of the constitution of India and its basic structure;
Chapter-23: Some principal institutions and functionaries;
Chapter-24: Protection of human rights national and state human rights commissions;
Chapter-25: Local self-government in India: Panchayati Raj/rural local government and urban local government;
Chapter-26: Indian party system: Nature;
Chapter-27: Major national political parties: congress, BJP, CPI, CPM & BSP;
Chapter-28: Regional political parties of India;
Chapter-29: Interest groups and pressure groups in India;
Chapter-30: Political defections;
Chapter-31: Election system and election machinery;
Chapter-32: The issue of electoral reforms;
Chapter-33: Planning in India;
Chapter-34: Economic liberation;
Chapter-35: Land reforms and agrarian reforms;
Chapter-36: Indian democracy: issue of language or language politics in India;
Chapter-37: Indian democracy: Challenge of social and economic inequalities;
Chapter-38: Indian democracy: The challenge of casteism and communalism;
Chapter-39: Indian democracy: the challenge of 1. regionalism. 2. regional imbalances, 3. separatism, 4. violence, 5. terrorism;
Chapter-40: Social justice and reservations;
Chapter-41: Political mobilisation and social movements;
Chapter-42: Nation-building and national integration;
Chapter-43: Parliamentary democracy in India: Nature and working since 1950;
Chapter-44: Coalition politics in India;

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