Routledge Handbook of South Asian Politics (eBook, PDF)

India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal
Redaktion: Brass, Paul R.

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

The Routledge Handbook of South Asian Politics examines key issues in politics of the five independent states of the South Asian region: India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal. Written by experts in their respective areas, it introduces the reader to the politics of South Asia by presenting the prevailing agreements and disagreements in the literature.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 480
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. April 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134078585
• Artikelnr.: 43820496

Autorenporträt

Paul R. Brass is Professor (Emeritus) of Political Science and International Studies at the University of Washington, Seattle. His most recent books are Forms of Collective Violence: Riots, Pogroms, and Genocide in Modern India (2006) and The Production of Hindu-Muslim Violence in Contemporary India (2003).

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction Paul R. Brass Part 1: Colonialism, Nationalism, and
Independence in South Asia: India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka 1. India and
Pakistan Ian Talbot 2. Sri Lanka's Independence: Shadows Over a Colonial
Graft Nira Wickramasinghe Part 2: Political Change, Political Parties, and
the Issue of Unitary vs. Federal Forms of Government 3. Political Change,
Political Structure and the Indian State Since Independence John Harriss
4. Parties and Politics in India Virginia Van Dyke 5. Pakistan's Politics
and Its Economy Shahid Javed Burki 6. Party Overinstitutionalization,
Contestation and Democratic Degradation in Bangladesh Harry Blair 7.
Politics and Governance in Post-Independence Sri Lanka Neil DeVotta 8.
Trajectories of Democracy and Restructuring of the State in Nepal Krishna
Hachhethu and David N. Gellner Federalism and Centre-State Relations 9. The
Old and the New Federalism in Independent India Lloyd I. Rudolph and
Susanne Hoeber Rudolph Part 3: The Judiciary 10. India's Judiciary:
Imperium in Imperio? Shylashri Shankar 11. Balancing Act: Prudence,
Impunity and Pakistan's Jurisprudence Paula R. Newberg 12. Confronting
Constitutional Curtailments: Attempts to Rebuild Independence of the
Judiciary in Bangladesh Sara Hossein and Tanjib-ul Alam 13. Executive
Sovereignty: The Judiciary in Sri Lanka Shylashri Shankar Part 4: Pluralism
and National Integration: Language Issues 14. Politics of Language in India
E. Annamalai 15. Language Problems and Politics in Pakistan Tariq Rahman
Part 5: Crises of National Unity 16. Crises of National Unity in India:
Punjab, Kashmir and the Northeast Gurharpal Singh 17. Communal and Caste
Politics and Conflicts in India Steven I. Wilkinson 18. Ethnic and Islamic
Militancy in Pakistan Mohammad Waseem 19. Ethnic Conflict and the Civil War
in Sri Lanka Jayadeva Uyangoda Part 6: Political Economy India 20. The
Political Economy of Development in India Since Independence Stuart
Corbridge 21. The Political Economy of Agrarian Change in India Jan Breman
Sri Lanka 22. Economic Development and Socio-Political Change in Sri Lanka
since Independence W. D. Lakshman Part 7: Comparative Chapters 23. The
Militaries of South Asia Stephen P. Cohen 24. Corruption and the
Criminalization of Politics in South Asia Stanley A. Kochanek 25. Radical
and Violent Political Movements Sumanta Banerjee 26. The International
Politics of South Asia Vernon Hewitt. Bibliography