A power and the parliamentary system in post-colonial India and Sri Lanka Kumarasingham, Harshan 1979- creator text bibliography enk London New York New York I.B. Tauris Distributed in the U.S. by Palgrave Macmillan 2013 monographic eng

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297 p Eastminster : 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. Harshan Kumarasingham. Includes bibliographical references (p. [277]-292) and index. Representative government and representation Sri Lanka History 20th century Postcolonialism India Postcolonialism Sri Lanka India Politics and government 1947- Sri Lanka Politics and government DS480.84 .K773 2013 328.5409045 KUM/P 9781780762289 (hbk.) 1780762283 (hbk.) 2012277167 UKMGB 130329 20200606101716.0 17678575 eng