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_aRoutledge handbook of South Asian politics: India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal/ _cedited by Paul R. Brass. |
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_aMilton Park, Abingdon, Oxon: _aNew York: _bRoutledge, _c2010. |
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_axvi, 464 p.; _c26 cm. |
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| 504 | _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 423-450) and index. | ||
| 505 | _apt. I. Colonialism, nationalism, and independence in South Asia : India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. India and Pakistan / Ian Talbot -- Sri Lanka's independence : shadows over a colonial graft / Nira Wickramasinghe -- pt. II. Political change, political parties, and the issue of unitary vs. federal forms of government. Political change, political structure and the Indian State since independence / John Harriss -- State-level politics, coalitions, and rapid system change in India / Virginia Van Dyke -- Pakistan's politics and its economy / Shahid Javed Burki -- Party overinstitutionalization, contestation and democratic degradation in Bangladesh / Harry Blair -- Politics and governance in post-independence Sri Lanka / Neil DeVotta -- Nepal : trajectories of democracy and restructuring of the state / Krishna Hachhethu and David N. Gellner -- The old and the new federalism in Independent India / Lloyd I. Rudolph and Susanne Hoeber Rudolph. pt. III. The judiciary. India's judiciary : imperium in imperio? / Shylashri Shankar -- Balancing act : prudence, impunity and Pakistan's Jurisprudence / Paula R. Newberg -- Confronting constitutional curtailments : attempts to rebuild independence of the judiciary in Bangladesh / Sara Hossein -- Executive sovereignty : the judiciary in Sri Lanka / Shylashri Shankar -- pt. IV. Pluralism and national integration : language issues. Politics of language in India / E. Annamalai -- Language problems and politics in Pakistan / Tariq Rahman -- pt. V. Crises of national unity. Crises of national unity in India : Punjab, Kashmir and the northeast / Gurharpal Singh -- Communal and caste politics and conflicts in India / Steven I. Wilkinson -- Ethnic and Islamic militancy in Pakistan / Mohammad Waseem -- Ethnic conflict and the civil war in Sri Lanka / Jayadeva Uyangoda. pt. VI. Political economy. The political economy of development in India since independence / Stuart Corbridge -- The political economy of agrarian change in India / Jan Breman -- Economic development and socio-political change in Sri Lanka since independence / W.D. Lakshman -- pt. VII. Comparative chapters. The militaries of South Asia / Stephen P. Cohen -- Corruption and the criminalization of politics in South Asia / Stanley A. Kochanek -- Radical and violent political movements / Sumanta Banerjee -- The international politics of South Asia / Vernon Hewitt. | ||
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_aBrass, Paul R., ed. _929705 |
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