Public Administration || Paper 2 || Philosophical & Constitutional Framework

Constitutionalism

1.   The idea of limited government.

2.   Can exist without Constitution

3.   Features given by giovani Sartori & Louis Henkin

4.   Features – Constitutionalism itself; Written constitution; Preamble; Sovereign Democratic Republic; Socialist and secular; Justice, equality, liberty and fraternity; Single Citizenship; FRs, DPSP and Fundamental Duties; Parliamentary System; Independent Judiciary; Emergency provisions; Independent Agencies.

5.   Non Constitutional factors inducing constitutionalism – Rules of Business; Right to Information; CVC; CBI; NHRC; Role of media etc.

State has four components

1.   Territory

2.   Population

3.   Government

4.   Sovereignty – Popular sovereignty is with people; Legal sovereignty is with Constitution.

Political Culture

1.   Widely accepted political ideology

2.   Study conducted by Almond and Verba in 1960s.

3.   For countries US,UK, Germany, Italy and Mexico.

4.   They observed a mix of Participant, Subject and Parochial Political cultures.

5.   Indian portrays a mix of all – Civic Culture!