Election Commission of India
Institutionalising Democratic Uncertainties
Price: 1100.00 INR
ISBN:
9780199494255
Publication date:
09/10/2019
Hardback
384 pages
Price: 1100.00 INR
ISBN:
9780199494255
Publication date:
09/10/2019
Hardback
384 pages
Ujjwal Kumar Singh and Anupama Roy
This comprehensive monograph discusses the history of the ECI through a study of the measures it has adopted to ensure certainty of procedures in order to maintain the democratic uncertainty of electoral outcome
Rights: World Rights
Ujjwal Kumar Singh and Anupama Roy
Description
As the constitutional body that conducts elections, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has emerged as a trusted institution within the shared space of democracy in India. This process has, however, been a fraught one because of contestation over the ECI’s constitutional responsibility and the power of Parliament to make laws to govern electoral matters.
This comprehensive monograph discusses the history of the ECI through a study of the measures it has adopted to ensure certainty of procedures in order to maintain the democratic uncertainty of electoral outcome. In this context, innovations such as the Model Code of Conduct have enhanced the rule-making powers of the ECI. Going beyond the ECI’s design and performance framework, Singh and Roy argue that changes in the nature of electoral contests and domination of political regimes have made the task of preserving electoral integrity and assuring its deliberative content a challenging one.
About the Author
Ujjwal Kumar Singh is professor at the Department of Political Science, University of Delhi, India.
Anupama Roy is professor at the Centre for Political Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India.
Ujjwal Kumar Singh and Anupama Roy
Table of contents
List of Figures and Tables
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
- The First General Elections: The Political and the Bureaucratic
- Electoral Roll, the ‘Vote’, and Democracy
- ‘Election Time’ and the Model Code of Conduct
- Creating Spaces for Democracy
Conclusion
Select Bibliography
Index
About the Authors
Ujjwal Kumar Singh and Anupama Roy
Ujjwal Kumar Singh and Anupama Roy
Description
As the constitutional body that conducts elections, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has emerged as a trusted institution within the shared space of democracy in India. This process has, however, been a fraught one because of contestation over the ECI’s constitutional responsibility and the power of Parliament to make laws to govern electoral matters.
This comprehensive monograph discusses the history of the ECI through a study of the measures it has adopted to ensure certainty of procedures in order to maintain the democratic uncertainty of electoral outcome. In this context, innovations such as the Model Code of Conduct have enhanced the rule-making powers of the ECI. Going beyond the ECI’s design and performance framework, Singh and Roy argue that changes in the nature of electoral contests and domination of political regimes have made the task of preserving electoral integrity and assuring its deliberative content a challenging one.
About the Author
Ujjwal Kumar Singh is professor at the Department of Political Science, University of Delhi, India.
Anupama Roy is professor at the Centre for Political Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India.
Read MoreTable of contents
List of Figures and Tables
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
- The First General Elections: The Political and the Bureaucratic
- Electoral Roll, the ‘Vote’, and Democracy
- ‘Election Time’ and the Model Code of Conduct
- Creating Spaces for Democracy
Conclusion
Select Bibliography
Index
About the Authors
Read More