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A political legacy of the British Empire : power and the parliamentary system in post-colonial India and Sri Lanka / Harshan Kumarasingham.
Publication details: New York : Distributed in the U.S. by Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.Description: xiv, 297 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cmISBN:- 9781780762289 (hbk.)
- 328.5409045 KUM
Contents:
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.
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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.