caa a22 4500 605455007 CHVBK 20210128100210.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150901xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10602-015-9188-0 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10602-015-9188-0 Rajagopalan Shruti Department of Economics, Purchase College, State University of New York, 10577, Purchase, NY, USA aut Incompatible institutions: socialism versus constitutionalism in India [Elektronische Daten] [Shruti Rajagopalan] There has been a decline in rule of law in India, reflected in the frequent amendments to the Indian Constitution. This paper analyzes the historical, ideological, and economic context for constitutional amendments to understand the reason for the deterioration of constitutionalism in India. I argue that the formal institutions of socialist planning were fundamentally incompatible with the constraints imposed by the Indian Constitution. This incompatibility led to frequent amendments to the Constitution, especially in the area of Fundamental Rights. Consequently, pursuitof socialist policies gradually undermined the Constitution. The contradictory mixture of socialism and constitutionalism led to economic and political deprivations that were never intended by the framers. I demonstrate this incompatibility using evidence from five-year-plans and constitutional amendments in India. Springer Science+Business Media New York, 2015 Indian Constitution nationallicence Property rights nationallicence Constitutional amendments nationallicence Socialist planning nationallicence Rule of law nationallicence Constitutional Political Economy Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 26/3(2015-09-01), 328-355 1043-4062 26:3<328 2015 26 10602 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10602-015-9188-0 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10602-015-9188-0 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Rajagopalan Shruti Department of Economics, Purchase College, State University of New York, 10577, Purchase, NY, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Constitutional Political Economy Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 26/3(2015-09-01), 328-355 1043-4062 26:3<328 2015 26 10602