02066cam a2200349 a 450000100090000000300040000900500170001300800410003001000170007101500190008801600180010702000250012502000220015003500240017204001020019604200140029805000250031208200270033710000340036424501460039826001070054430000100065149000610066150400660072250506400078865000840142865000280151265000320154065100420157265100400161483000620165417678575OSt20200606101716.0130329s2013    enkab    b    001 0 eng d  a  2012277167  aGBB2625792bnb7 a0161119392Uk  a9781780762289 (hbk.)  a1780762283 (hbk.)  a(OCoLC)ocn797980927  aUKMGBbengcoclcdOCLCOdBTCTAdYDXCPdJ2HdYNKdBDXdNDDdOUNdBWXdMUUdWAUdNLEdCDXdCODdDLC  alccopycat00aDS480.84b.K773 201304a328.5409045223bKUM/P  aKumarasingham, Harshand1979-12aA political legacy of the British Empire :bpower and the parliamentary system in post-colonial India and Sri Lanka /cHarshan Kumarasingham.  aLondon ;aNew York :bI.B. Tauris ;aNew York :bDistributed in the U.S. by Palgrave Macmillan,c2013.  a297 p1 aInternational library of twentieth century history ;v54  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [277]-292) and index.0 aEastminster : the Westminster system in India and Sri Lanka -- Mixed messages? India's responses to its British legacy -- The Indian version of first among equals : the battle for executive ascendency -- Indian federalism : a paramount mechanism -- 'Think of Ceylon as a little bit of England' : Sri Lanka and the British legacy -- Unconventional conventions : power partnerships in the Sri Lankan executive -- Sri Lankan communalism : a 'canker' ignored? -- India and Sri Lanka's Eastminsters compared -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Governors-General, Presidents and Prime Ministers of India and Sri Lanka in the post-independence decade. 0aRepresentative government and representationzSri LankaxHistoryy20th century. 0aPostcolonialismzIndia. 0aPostcolonialismzSri Lanka. 0aIndiaxPolitics and governmenty1947- 0aSri LankaxPolitics and government. 0aInternational library of twentieth century history ;v54.