Democracy and Authoritarianism in South Asia: A Comparative and Historical Perspective

ISBN-13: 9780521478625 / Angielski / Miękka / 1995 / 312 str.

Ayesha Jalal; Ayesha Jalel; Jan Breman

Opis

Challenging the view that a shared colonial legacy led to contrasting patterns of political development in South Asia--democracy in India and authoritarianism in Pakistan and Bangladesh--Ayesha Jalal argues that, despite differences in form, central political authority in each state has confronted similar threats from ethnic and regional movements. By comparing state structures and political processes, the author evaluates and redefines democracy, citizenship, sovereignty and the nation state, arguing for more decentralized government.

Recenzje

'Jalal's real contribution lies, I think, in reminding us that within the region of South Asia, it is not ethnicity itself that is a problem, but the state structures from within which it arises.' The Times Higher Education Supplement

Spis treści

l. The colonial legacy in India and Pakistan; 2. State formation and political processes in India and Pakistan, 1947–1971; 3. The 'populist' era and its aftermath in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, 1971–1993; 4. The state and political economy: 1947–1993; 5. Central power and regional dissidence; 6. Societies, cultures and ideologies: hybrids in contrived monoliths.