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List of Illustrations viii |
List of Abbreviations ix |
List of Contributors xiii |
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1 Introduction
Paul R. Brass (editor) 1 |
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Part I Colonialism, Nationalism, and Independence in South Asia: India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka 25 |
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2 India and Pakistan
Ian Talbot 27 |
3 Sri Lanka’s Independence: Shadows over a Colonial Graft
Nira Wickramasinghe 41 |
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Part II Political Change, Political Parties, and the Issue of Unitary vs Federal Forms of Government 53 |
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4 Political Change, Political Structure, and the Indian State since Independence
John Harriss 55 |
5 State-level Politics, Coalitions, and Rapid System Change in India
Virginia Van Dyke 67 |
6 Pakistan’s Politics and its Economy
Shahid Javed Burki 83 |
7 Party Overinstitutionalization, Contestation, and Democratic Degradation in Bangladesh
Harry Blair 98 |
8 Politics and Governance in Post-independence Sri Lanka
Neil DeVotta 118 |
9 Nepal:Trajectories of Democracy and Restructuring of the State
Krishna Hachhethu and
David N. Gellner 131 |
10 The Old and the New Federalism in Independent India
Lloyd I. Rudolph and
Susanne Hoeber Rudolph 147 |
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Part III The Judiciary 163 |
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11 India’s Judiciary: Imperium in Imperio?
Shylashri Shankar 165 |
12 Balancing Act: Prudence, Impunity, and Pakistan’s Jurisprudence
Paula R. Newberg 177 |
13 Confronting Constitutional Curtailments: Attempts to Rebuild Independence of the Judiciary in Bangladesh
Sara Hossain 191 |
14 Executive Sovereignty:The Judiciary in Sri Lanka
Shylashri Shankar 203 |
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Part IV Pluralism and National Integration: Language Issues 211 |
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15 Politics of Language in India
E. Annamalai 213 |
16 Language Problems and Politics in Pakistan
Tariq Rahman 232 |
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Part V Crises of National Unity 247 |
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17 Crises of National Unity in India: Punjab, Kashmir, and the Northeast
Gurharpal Singh 249 |
18 Communal and Caste Politics and Conflicts in India
Steven I.Wilkinson 262 |
19 Ethnic and Islamic Militancy in Pakistan
Mohammad Waseem 274 |
20 Ethnic Conflict and the Civil War in Sri Lanka Jayadeva Uyangoda 291 |
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Part VI Political Economy 303 |
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21 The Political Economy of Development in India since Independence Stuart Corbridge 305 |
22 The Political Economy of Agrarian Change in India Jan Breman 321 |
23 Economic Development and Sociopolitical Change in Sri Lanka since Independence W. D. Lakshman 337 |
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Part VII Comparative Chapters 349 |
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24 The Militaries of South Asia Stephen P. Cohen 351 |
25 Corruption and the Criminalization of Politics in South Asia Stanley A. Kochanek 364 |
26 Radical and Violent Political Movements Sumanta Banerjee 382 |
27 International Politics of South Asia Vernon Hewitt 399 |
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Glossary 419 |
Bibliography 423 |
Index 451 |