Democracy, development and discontent in South Asia
By: edited by Veena Kukreja, Mahendra Prasad Singh.
Contributors: Kukreja, Veena.; Singh, Mahendra Prasad, 1943-
Publisher: Sage Publications
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Thousand Oaks, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 340
ISBN-13: 9780761936176
Subjects: Democracy -- South Asia; South Asia -- Politics and government
Description: "This book deals with the issues of democracy, development and discontent in the general context of South Asia and the specific contexts of the major countries of the region. Major challenges confronting democracy and development in South Asia - including the interface between multicultural identity, democracy and development in India; movement for the restoration of democracy in Pakistan; and the Maoist movement and its democratic accommodation in Nepal - are part of the detailed discussions in the book." "This book would greatly interest students and academicians in the field of South Asian Studies, Pakistan Studies, International Relations, Comparative Politics, Political Sociology, Development Studies and Journalism."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / M.P. Singh and Veena Kukreja; title: Multicultural identity and democracy in India / M.P. Singh; title: Restoration of democracy in Pakistan : a critical analysis of political culture and historical legacy / Saleem Qureshi; title: Democracy and authoritarianism in Bangladesh / Veena Kukreja; title: India : a failed democratic developmental state? / Niraj Kumar; title: Societal responses to economic reforms in Bangladesh : the workers' and the peasants' movements in the 1980s and 1990s / Mohammed Nuruzzaman; title: An historical perspective on ethnicity, tribalism and the politics of frontier policy in Pakistan / Lawrence Ziring; title: Sri Lanka : to federalize or not to federalize? / Veena Kukreja and M.P. Singh; title: Domestic turbulence in Nepal : origin, dimensions and India's policy options / Nalini Kant Jha; title: Ethnic engagement in Bhutan and its regional consequences / A.C. Sinha; title: India-Pakistan conflict over Kashmir : peace through development cooperation / Rajen Harshe.