TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kumarasingham,Harshan
TI  - Political legacy of the British empire : power and the parliamentary system in post-colonial India and Sri Lanka 
T2  - International library of twentieth century history 
SN  - 9781780762289
AV  - DS480.84 .K773 2013
PY  - 2013///
CY  - London 
PB  - I B Tauris 
KW  - Representative government and representation
KW  - India
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Sri Lanka
KW  - Postcolonialism
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - 1947-
N1  - 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
ER  -