{"product_id":"liberty-the-indian-story-john-harriss-9789354477379","title":"Liberty - The Indian Story","description":"\u003cp\u003eFew societies in the 19th and early 20th centuries remained untouched by the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eradical new idea of liberty, which implied both individual freedom and freedom\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efrom despotic rule. The leaders of India's anti-colonial struggle, in making\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe concept their own, expanded its purview. But this definition of freedom, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eunderstood as socio-economic justice, was found to be fundamentally at odds\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewith its narrower meaning during the debates in the Constituent Assembly.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Professor John Harriss shows in this book, a fierce battle has thus played\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eout ever since the setting up of the Republic between what are referred to as\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003enegative and positive freedoms, or, broadly, the guarantees of the Fundamental\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRights, and the goals of the Directive Principles of State Policy. The contest\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehas often been one between a judiciary adhering to the Constitution and a\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eParliament pursuing what Nehru called 'real freedom' for the masses. Several\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConstitutional amendments-the 1st of 1951, the 24th and 25th of 1971, the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e42nd of 1976-ended up placing restrictions on individual freedoms as much\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eas they pushed the agenda of social reform. Much worse happened, however, in\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe name of national security, like the 16th Amendment of 1963, which brought\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eabout the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act four years later. With the curbing\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof our individual liberties and leaden steps, at best, towards reform under\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esuccessive governments, the central constitutional aim of liberty is still a long\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eway off.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis monograph lucidly explains the difficult relationship between the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConstitution and the Parliament, a relationship that must be clearly understood\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eif we are ever to strike the right balance between the freedom of the individual\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand 'real freedom', as dreamt of by those who founded the Indian republic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Harriss\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9354477372\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789354477379\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Speaking Tiger Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/20\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.49lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.46d","brand":"John Harriss","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48519858127103,"sku":"9789354477379","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c1691c98-ec71-46d7-afbe-9385dd186037.jpg?v=1778739256","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/liberty-the-indian-story-john-harriss-9789354477379","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}