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Nehru to the nineties : the changing office of prime minister in India - New Delhi ; New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : Viking, 1994. - x, 261 p. ;

The prime minister and parliament, Vernon Hewitt; the prime minister and the bureaucracy, David Potter; the prime minister and the judiciary, A.G. Noorani; the prime minister and the federal system, B.D. Dua; the prime minister and the presidency, James Manor; the prime minister and foreign/defence policy, Sumit Ganguly; the prime minister and the ruling parties, Robin Jeffrey; the prime minister and the Hindu Right, Burce Graham; the prime minister and the communist Left, Zoya Hasan; the prime minister and "the weaker sections of society", Gyanshyam Shah.

An examination of the evolution of the office of prime minister in India. The main focus is on the varying dimensions of the prime minister's role and authority in relation to parliament, the bureaucracy, the judiciary, the foreign and defence establishment, and other social and political forces

ISBN: 9780670858026 0670858021 :

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Prime ministers

Dewey Class. No.: 351.0031354 / NEH