India, Pakistan, and Democracy/ solving the puzzle of divergent paths
Oldenburg,Philip
- 1st.ed.
- New York :: Routledge, 2010-09-02.
- 278
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. Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Subject: Democracy -- India. Democracy -- Pakistan. Democratization -- India. Democratization -- Pakistan. India -- Politics and government -- 1947- Pakistan -- Politics and government. India -- Colonial influence. Pakistan -- Colonial influence.