TY - BOOK AU - Milam, William B. TI - Bangladesh and Pakistan: flirting with failure in South Asia SN - 9781850659211 U1 - 327.5492 PY - 2009/// CY - London PB - Hurst & Company KW - Islam and politics -- Pakistan -- Pāṭa. KW - Pakistan -- Politics and government KW - Islam and politics -- Bangladesh. N1 - Introduction: The turning points. The legacy of two bloody partitions. Flawed leaders and failed democracies. From military to civilian rule in Bangladesh. From military to semi-military rule in Pakistan. The Ershad military intervention. Electoral democracy is not enough. Electoral democracy revisits Pakistan, 1988-99. Pakistan's self-fulling prophecy: The military back in power. Economic and social development and the NGOs. Still on the brink after thirty-seven years. Epilogue ER -