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Kumarasingham, Harshan, 1979-

A political legacy of the British Empire : power and the parliamentary system in post-colonial India and Sri Lanka / Harshan Kumarasingham. - London ; New York : New York : I.B. Tauris ; Distributed in the U.S. by Palgrave Macmillan, 2013. - xiv, 297 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. - International library of twentieth century history ; 54 . - International library of twentieth century history ; 54. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [277]-292) and index.

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.

ISBN: 9781780762289 (hbk.)

LCCN: 2012277167

Nat. Bib. No.: GBB262579 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 016111939 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Representative government and representation--History--India--20th century.
Representative government and representation--History--Sri Lanka--20th century.
Postcolonialism--India.
Postcolonialism--Sri Lanka.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
India--Politics and government--1947-
Sri Lanka--Politics and government.

LC Class. No.: DS480.84 / .K773 2013

Dewey Class. No.: 328.5409045