Disrupting rituals of debate in the indian parliament

Journal of Legislative Studies

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 338-351

  Spary, Carole ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deliberation; Disruption; India; Parliament; Performance; Ritual

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956246266     PISSN: 13572334     EISSN: 17439337     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13572334.2010.498102     Document Type: Article

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