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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.

Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Tudor, Maya Jessica, 1975-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
New York : [2013]
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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.