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“peter b andersen”

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  • The Santal Rebellion 1855–1856

    The Call of Thakur

    by Peter B. Andersen ...
    The book presents a new interpretation of the Santal Rebellion, the Hul 1855–1856, drawing on the colonial sources as well as Santal memories. It offers a critique of postcolonial approaches that overlook specifically tribal perspectives and see the Hul as a class-based peasant rebellion.The author analyses the Hul and its participants—the Santals and their opponents, both the colonial ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • Re-Interrogating Civil Society in South Asia

    Critical Perspectives from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh

    Edited by Peter B. Andersen, Rubya Mehdi, Amit Prakash ...
    This book offers an overview of the history and development of civil society in three major nations of South Asia – Pakistan, India and Bangladesh – from colonial times to the present. It examines the liberalization of civil society since the 1980s, the needs it created for civil action, the professionalization of civil society organizations, and the extent to which civil society may benefit ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

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  • India, Pakistan, and Democracy

    Solving the Puzzle of Divergent Paths

    by Philip Oldenburg ...
    The question of why some countries have democratic regimes and others do not is a significant issue in comparative politics. This book looks at India and Pakistan, two countries with clearly contrasting political regime histories, and presents an argument on why India is a democracy and Pakistan is not. Focusing on the specificities and the nuances of each state system, the author examines in ... Read more

    $77.99 USD

  • Does the Elephant Dance?

    Contemporary Indian Foreign Policy

    by David M. Malone ...
    India today looms large globally, where it hardly loomed at all twenty years ago. It is likely to be a key global actor throughout the twenty-first century and could well emerge soon as one of the top five global powers. Does the Elephant Dance? seeks to survey the main features of Indian foreign policy. It identifies elements of Indian history relevant to the topic; examines the role therein of ... Read more

    $44.99 USD

  • Bangladesh

    Politics, Economy and Civil Society

    by David Lewis ...
    Since its hard-won independence from Pakistan, Bangladesh has been ravaged by economic and environmental disasters. Only recently has the country begun to emerge as a fragile, but functioning, parliamentary democracy. The story of Bangladesh, told through the pages of this concise and readable book, is a truly remarkable one. By delving into its past, and through an analysis of the economic, ... Read more

    $36.09 USD

  • The Promise of Power

    The Origins of Democracy in India and Autocracy in Pakistan

    by Maya Tudor ...
    Under what conditions are some developing countries able to create stable democracies while others have slid into instability and authoritarianism? To address this classic question at the center of policy and academic debates, The Promise of Power investigates a striking puzzle: why, upon the 1947 Partition of British India, was India able to establish a stable democracy while Pakistan created an ... Read more

    $38.59 USD

  • Conflicted Democracies and Gendered Violence

    Internal Conflict and Social Upheaval in India

    Edited by Angana P. Chatterji, Shashi Buluswar, Mallika Kaur ...
    Conflicted Democracies and Gendered Violence elucidates the centrality of political and foundational violence in the governance of conflicted democracies in the postcolony, calling attention to the urgent need for transformation. Spectacular and quotidian gendered and sexualized violence by states and collectives holds in place fraught and unjust histories and relations between elites and ... Read more

    $29.99 USD

  • Non Traditional Security : State, Society and Democracy in South Asia

    by Lok Raj Baral ...
    This book is the product of a regional seminar on Non-Traditional Security: State, Society and Democracy in South Asia organized by Nepal Centre for Contemporary Studies (NCCS). It has tried to reconceptualize security from a democratic perspective because democracy is being interpreted as an overall empowerment of people. Democracy is also a way of life providing psychological, economic, social, ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • The Politics of the Governed

    Reflections on Popular Politics in Most of the World

    by Partha Chatterjee ...
    Series series Leonard Hastings Schoff Lectures
    Often dismissed as the rumblings of "the street," popular politics is where political modernity is being formed today, according to Partha Chatterjee. The rise of mass politics all over the world in the twentieth century led to the development of new techniques of governing population groups. On the one hand, the idea of popular sovereignty has gained wide acceptance. On the other hand, the ... Read more

    $27.59 USD

  • Contemporary India: The Basics

    by Rekha Datta ...
    Series series The Basics
    Contemporary India: The Basics provides readers with a clear and accessible guide through the richness, diversity and complexity of twenty-first century India. It explores the reality of the country’s cultural diversity which creates both harmony and tension. Covering issues the country faces both domestically and on the global stage, this book analyzes the political, social, cultural and economic ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • Routledge Handbook of Autocratization in South Asia

    Edited by Sten Widmalm ...
    This handbook offers a comprehensive analysis of the processes and actors contributing to autocratization in South Asia. It provides an enhanced understanding of the interconnectedness of the different states in the region, and how that may be related to autocratization.The book analyzes issues of state power, the support for political parties, questions relating to economic actors and sustainable ... Read more

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  • Digital Diasporas

    Identity and Transnational Engagement

    by Jennifer M. Brinkerhoff ...
    In the first full-length scholarly study of the increasingly important phenomenon of digital diasporas, Jennifer M. Brinkerhoff examines how immigrants who still feel a connection to their country of origin use the internet. She argues that digital diasporas can ease security concerns in both the homeland and the host society, improve diaspora members' quality of life in the host society, and ... Read more

    $35.29 USD