India, Pakistan, and democracy : solving the puzzle of divergent paths /: solving the puzzle of divergent paths. (2010)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Philip Oldenburg.
• Other Names: Oldenburg, Philip
• Contents: Why India is a democracy and Pakistan is not (yet?) a democracy -- The first thirty years of independence -- Inheritances of colonial rule -- Constitutional & political choices, in the initial years -- Institutionalizing democracy -- Who (really) governs? -- From 1977 to the present -- 1977 as a turning point? -- Religion as an explanation -- External influences -- Clearly diverging paths -- Prospects for path convergence in the next decades.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2010
• Extent: 1 online resource (288 pages), (4 illustrations)
• Subjects: 320.954; POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General; Democracy -- India; Democracy -- Pakistan; Democratization -- India; Democratization -- Pakistan; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / General; India -- Politics and government -- 1947-; Pakistan -- Politics and government; India -- Colonial influence; Pakistan -- Colonial influence
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781136939297; 1136939296
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.