India and Pakistan: The First Fifty Years

ISBN-13: 9780521645850 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 230 str.

Selig S. Harrison; Paul H. Kreisberg; Dennis Kux

Opis

One fifth of the world's people live in India and Pakistan. Looking back on their first fifty years of independence, leading specialists on South Asia assess their progress and problems, their foreign and defense policies and their relations with the United States. The three coeditors, who compare the achievements of India and Pakistan in a perceptive introductory overview, combine journalistic, diplomatic and academic experience. Selig S. Harrison served as South Asia Bureau Chief of the Washington Post, Paul H. Kreisberg is a former Deputy Chairman of the State Department's Policy Planning Council, and Dennis Kux is a former Director of the India Desk in the State Department.

Recenzje

'The book is an excellent reader on South Asian affairs, especially for anyone with a particular interest in one of the two states but with less knowledge of the other. it is also a fine résumé of developments over the first fifty years and can thus be strongly recommended as an acquisition for any South Asia collection.' International Quarterly for Asian Studies

Spis treści

Introduction Selig S. Harrison, Paul H. Kreisberg and Dennis Kux; Part I. India: 1. Politics: democratic progress and problems Paul Brass; 2. Economics: much achieved, much to achieve John Adams; 3. Society: growth and inequity Sonalde Desai and Katharine Sreedhar; Part II. Pakistan: 4. Politics: a nation still in the making Robert LaPorte Jr; 5. Economics: misplaced priorities, missed opportunities Marvin Weinbaum; 6. Society: progress and challenges Anita Weiss; Part III. Foreign and Security Policy: 7. India: policies past and future Sumit Ganguly; 8. Pakistan: fifty years of insecurity Thomas Thornton; 9. The US India, and Pakistan: retrospect and prospect Stephen Philip Cohen.