01168nam a22001697a 4500 25365 25365 9780199471676 320.954 BET-D Beteille, Andre Democracy and Its Institutions Delhi Oxford University Press 2012 ix, 214p Includes Index Democracy rests on a delicate balance between two principles that may be called the rule of numbers and the rule of law. To ensure that the rule of law is not overwhelmed by the weight of numbers, democracy requires institutions. Examining democracy from an institutional perspective, this book studies such institutions as the Parliament, the courts of justice, and the systems of political parties, and brings out the contradictions between the ideals of democracy-such as equality and liberty-and the actual operation of government and politics. It introduces the reader to the distinction between law and custom, and between matters of right and matters of trust. Democracy Politics and Parties Political Institution Law and Custom ddc BK 0 0 0 0 NASSDOC NASSDOC 2019-03-25 OP 25/03/2019 0 320.954 BET-D 50161 2019-08-23 00:00:00 2019-03-25 BK