1. A Quasi-Democratic Moment: The Opposition in Ideas and Action 2. The Formative Phase: A Parliamentary Opposition in the Making 3. The Resilience Phase: The Age of Resilient Opposition 4. The Consolidation Phase: The Political Consolidation of Opposition 5. The Fragmentation Phase: The Opposition in Coalition Government 6. Epilogue: The Unmaking of the Parliamentary Opposition Bibliography Appendix
Biography
Rupak Kumar is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the Department of Social Sciences, School of Social Sciences and Languages, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, India. Previously he taught at Shaheed Bhagat Singh College, University of Delhi, New Delhi. He holds a Doctoral Degree from Centre for the Study of Law and Governance, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He has published his work on Public Institutions, Political Processes, Parliamentary Committees and Parliamentary Oppositions in Economic and Political Weekly, South Asian Survey, Indian Express, India Today, The Quint.
