...Wayne Wilcox The Central Legislature in British India 1921–1947 . By M. Rashiduzzaman . Dacca-i : Mullick Brothers , 1965 . xiv, 283 . Tables, Appendices, Select Bibliography, Index, Errata. Rs. 20.00. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1966 1966 BOOK REVIEWS all...

...Blair B. Kling Indian Political Associations and Reform of Legislature (1818–1917) . By Bimanbehari Majumdar . Calcutta : Firma K. L. Mukhopadhyay , 1965 . x, 477 pp. References, Index, n.p. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1967 1967 BOOK REVIEWS 325 published...

...Le Hong Hiep United Front: Projecting Solidarity through Deliberation in Vietnam's Single-Party Legislature . By Paul Schuler . Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press , 2021 . 272 pp. ISBN: 9781503614741 (paper). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 2022 2022...

...Lawrence Ziring North West Frontier Province Legislature and Freedom Struggle, 1932–47 . By Amit Kumar Gupta . New Delhi : Indian Council of Historical Research , 1976 . xv, 239 pp. Appendix, Bibliography, Index. Rs. 30.00. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1979...

... the franchise was very restricted, it was not necessary for the aspirants to membership of legislatures to build a mass electoral organization. Their social base remained relatively small. Apart from holding annual sessions and passing resolutions on a variety of public issues, the Congress had no program...

..., and the establishment of a new legislature, the Genrōin , did not greatly affect either the existing conduct of government business or the future direction of constitutional progress. However, the Osaka Conference was a critical event, despite its seemingly disappointing results. Copyright © The Association for Asian...

... home rule by creating a colonial legislature. The Popular Party ( Minshūto , 1927–1931) and the League for the Attainment of Local Autonomy ( Taiwan Chihōjichi Kisei Dōmei , 1930–1937) supported the liberalization of local autonomy by demanding suffrage, irrespective of race. All resorted to racial...

... of a restoration in the mid-1980s appeared well founded, both in the significant presence in the reopened legislature of the country's most powerful economic elites and in the resistance to agrarian and other reforms by the new president, Corazon Aquino, herself a member of a prominent land-owning family. In many...

..., sponsored by the Indian Council of Historical Research, on the role of provincial legislatures in India's independence movement. In some respects, it is considerably more than this, and in other respects, considerably less. On one level, the book represents a general political history of the Punjab...

... powers which invalidated the fictional authority of the prefectural legislatures, but his control of town and village governments, purportedly autonomous, was extensive. The fact that the governor's appointment as chokunin was made indirectly by the emperor himself was sufficient to endow him with great...

... chosen to concentrate on the legislature of the Second Republic in order to study the role of political institutions in laying the groundwork for the development of political community. "Drawn from the whole of society or even only a segment of it, . . ." writes Goodman ". . . the legislative arena...

... Council of Historical Research, on the role of provincial legislatures in India's independence movement. In some respects, it is considerably more than this, and in other respects, considerably less. On one level, the book represents a general political history of the Punjab in the twentieth century...

... for the Presiding Officers, members and other officials of the Indian Legislatures." Dr. Mukherjea has achieved these goals, for in format BOOK REVIEWS 423 (over 300 sections) it is certainly a handbook, and both the content and formalistic/legalistic style limit its usefulness to virtually all but those who have...

... the Dutch. In 1999 many reformers favored a system of single-member constituencies. They believed a focus on single-member districts would make for stronger ties among members of the legislature and their constituents and thus make the legislature more relevant to local needs and aspirations. They also...

... Quarterly 128 : 775 –93. Lam Jermain T. M. 1994 . “From a Submissive to an Adversarial Legislature.” Asian Profile 22 : 21 – 32 . Lau Emily. 1985 . “Basic Law Makers.” Far Eastern Economic Review , 4 July. Lau Siu-Kai. 1995 . “Hong Kong’s Path of Democratization...

.... The author is well equipped by experience and temperament to write a book of this nature. Prior to his recent retirement, he served for many years as Secretary to both houses of the West Bengal Legislature. Undoubtedly, the writing of this book was a labor of love by a public servant-scholar, a man also...

... Secretariat, 1962 ) , Assam Legislative Assembly, Who's Who, 1956 , (Shillong: Assembly Secretariat); Directory of the Bombay Legislature, 1946–47 , (Bombay Legislature Congress Party); Taleyarkhan Homi J. H. , ed., Bombay Legislative Directory, 1953 , (Bombay Legislative Congress Party...

... for the development of nationalism in India we must seek to . understand the connection between local and national units, whether these connections are social, political, or economic. EUGENE F. IRSCHICK University of California, Berkeley North West Frontier Province Legislature and Freedom Struggle, 1932-47. By AMIT...

... Award, announced by the British Government in August, 1932, was a provisional scheme of minority representation in the legislatures which reaffirmed the continuation of separate electorates for minority communities and also for Muslims in Bengal and Punjab even though they comprised a numerical majority...

... make for stronger ties among members of the legislature and their constituents and thus make the legislature more relevant to local needs and aspirations. They also aimed to reduce the power of party leaders, who derived much of their political clout from their ability to decide the rank order in which...