Routledge handbook of South Asian politics : India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal / / edited by Paul R. Brass

• Pubblicazione: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (481 pages)
• Soggetto geografico: South Asia Politics and government
• Altri autori: BrassPaul R. <1936->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Abbreviations; Contributors; 1 Introduction; Part I: Colonialism, Nationalism, and Independence in South Asia: India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka; 2 India and Pakistan; 3 Sri Lanka's independence: Shadows over a colonial graft; Part II: Political change, political parties, and the issue of unitary vs federal forms of government; 4 Political change, political structure, and the Indian state since Independence; 5 State-level politics, coalitions, and rapid system change in India; 6 Pakistan's politics and its economy ; 7 Party overinstitutionalization, contestation, and democratic degradation in Bangladesh8 Politics and governance in post-independence Sri Lanka; 9 Nepal: Trajectories of democracy and restructuring of the state; 10 The old and the new federalism in independent India; Part III: The judiciary; 11 India's judiciary: Imperium in imperio?; 12 Balancing act: Prudence, impunity, and Pakistan's jurisprudence; 13 Confronting constitutional curtailments: Attempts to rebuild independence of the judiciary in Bangladesh; 14 Executive sovereignty: The judiciary in Sri Lanka ; Part IV: Pluralism and national integration: Language issues15 Politics of language in India; 16 Language problems and politics in Pakistan; Part V: Crises of national unity; 17 Crises of national unity in India: Punjab, Kashmir, and the northeast; 18 Communal and caste politics and conflicts in India; 19 Ethnic and Islamic militancy in Pakistan; 20 Ethnic conflict and the civil war in Sri Lanka; Part VI: Political economy; 21 The political economy of development in India since Independence; 22 The political economy of agrarian change in India ; 23 Economic development and sociopolitical change in Sri Lanka since IndependencePart VII: Comparative chapters; 24 The militaries of South Asia; 25 Corruption and the criminalization of politics in South Asia; 26 Radical and violent political movements; 27 International politics of South Asia; Glossary; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: 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, this Handbook introduces the reader to the politics of South Asia by presenting the prevailing agreements and disagreements in the literature. In the first two sections, the Handbook provides a comprehensive introduction to the modern political history of the states of the region and an overview of the independence movements in
• Titolo autorizzato: Routledge handbook of South Asian politics
• ISBN: 1-134-07858-7; 1-282-64009-7; 1-78034-803-7; 9786612640094; 0-203-87818-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910811678903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II