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100			_aAmita, Shastri.
245		4	_aThe post-colonial states of South Asia: democracy, identity, development and security/ _cedited by Amita Shastri and A. Jeyaratnam Wilson.
260			_aRichmond: _bCurzon press, _c2001.
300			_axviii, 358 p. : _bmaps ; _c24 cm.
505			_aAcknowledgments -- List of Contributors -- Introduction: The Post-Colonial States of South Asia: Democracy, Identity, Development and Security (starting p. 1) / Amita Shastri -- Ch. 1 Political Governance in India: The Challenge of Stability and Diversity (starting p. 17) / Stanley A. Kochanek -- Ch. 2 The Fragile Base of Democracy in Pakistan (starting p. 41) / Samina Ahmed -- Ch. 3 Bangladesh: An Unsteady Democracy (starting p. 69) / D. Hugh Evans -- Ch. 4 Nation-Building in a Demotic State: The Failure of Political Leadership in Sri Lanka (starting p. 88) / A. Jeyaratnam Wilson -- Ch. 5 The National Political Culture and Institutions in Nepal (starting p. 114) / Leo E. Rose -- Ch. 6 The Rise of Hindu Nationalism and the Marginalisation of Muslims in India Today (starting p. 141) / Christophe Jaffrelot -- Ch. 7 State, Nation, Identity: The Quest for Legitimacy in Bangladesh (starting p. 158) / Tazeen M. Murshid -- Ch. 8 State Support for Religion in Contemporary Sri Lanka: Some Ideological and Policy Issues (starting p. 183) / Chandra R. de Silva -- Ch. 9 The 'Nationalities' Question in South Asia (starting p. 196) / Raju G. C. Thomas -- Ch. 10 Economic Crisis, Momentary Autonomy and Policy Reform: Liberalisation in India 1991-95 (starting p. 215) / Ronald J. Herring, N. Chandra Mohan -- Ch. 11 Liberalising India's Economy: Context and Constraints (starting p. 241) / Vanita Shastri -- Ch. 12 Institutional Impediments to Human Development in Pakistan (starting p. 264) / Christopher Candland -- Ch. 13 Greating a Common Home? Indo-Pakistan Relations and the Search for Security in South Asia (starting p. 283) / Vernon Hewitt -- Ch. 14 The Flash-Point of South Asia: Kashmir in Indo-Pakistani Relations (starting p. 311) / Sumit Ganguly -- Ch. 15 Pokhran II and After: Consequences of the Indian Nuclear Tests of 1998 (starting p. 326) / Ashok Kapur -- Index (starting p. 347)
650			_aSouth Asia -- Politics and government.
650			_aNationalism -- South Asia.
650			_aSouth Asia -- Economic conditions.
650			_aEconomic history.
650			_aNationalism.
650			_aPolitics and government
650			_aSouth Asia.
700			_aWilson, A. Jeyaratnam.
942			_cWB16