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Routledge Handbook of South Asian Politics : India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal.

Examines key issues in politics of the five independent states of the South Asian region: India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal. This book introduces us to the politics of South Asia by presenting the agreements and disagreements in the literature. It also offers an overview of the indep...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Brass, Paul R.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken : Taylor & Francis, 2010.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Abbreviations; Contributors; 1 Introduction; Part I: Colonialism, Nationalism, and Independence in South Asia: India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka; 2 India and Pakistan; 3 Sri Lanka's independence: Shadows over a colonial graft; Part II: Political change, political parties, and the issue of unitary vs federal forms of government; 4 Political change, political structure, and the Indian state since Independence; 5 State-level politics, coalitions, and rapid system change in India; 6 Pakistan's politics and its economy.
  • 7 Party overinstitutionalization, contestation, and democratic degradation in Bangladesh8 Politics and governance in post-independence Sri Lanka; 9 Nepal: Trajectories of democracy and restructuring of the state; 10 The old and the new federalism in independent India; Part III: The judiciary; 11 India's judiciary: Imperium in imperio?; 12 Balancing act: Prudence, impunity, and Pakistan's jurisprudence; 13 Confronting constitutional curtailmen.