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The promise of power : the origins of democracy in India and autocracy in Pakistan /
An examination of how, despite similar historical contexts, India became a stable democracy post-independence, whilst Pakistan became an unstable autocracy.
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2013.
New York : [2013] |
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- 1. How India institutionalised democracy & Pakistan promoted autocracy
- 2. The social origins of pro- and anti-democratic movements (1885-1919)
- 3. Imagining and institutionalizing new nations (1919-1947)
- 4. Organizing alliances (1919-1947)
- 5. Freedom at midnight and divergent democracies (1947-1958)
- 6. The institutionalization of alliances in India, Pakistan, and beyond.