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Tables of Contents for The Post-Colonial States of South Asia
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Acknowledgments
xi
List of Contributors
xiii
Introduction The Post-Colonial States of South Asia: Democracy, Identity, Development and Security
1
16
Amita Shastri
PART I DEMOCRACY
Political Governance in India: The Challenge of Stability and Diversity
17
24
Stanley A. Kochanek
The Fragile Base of Democracy in Pakistan
41
28
Samina Ahmed
Bangladesh: An Unsteady Democracy
69
19
D. Hugh Evans
Nation-Building in a Demotic State: The Failure of Political Leadership in Sri Lanka
88
26
A. Jeyaratnam Wilson
The National Political Culture and Institutions in Nepal
114
27
Leo E. Rose
PART II IDENTITY
The Rise of Hindu Nationalism and the Marginalisation of Muslims in India Today
141
17
Christophe Jaffrelot
State, Nation, Identity: The Quest for Legitimacy in Bangladesh
158
25
Tazeen M. Murshid
State Support for Religion in Contemporary Sri Lanka: Some Ideological and Policy Issues
183
13
Chandra R. de Silva
The `Nationalities' Question in South Asia
196
19
Raju G.C. Thomas
PART III DEVELOPMENT
Economic Crisis, Momentary Autonomy and Policy Reform: Liberalisation in India 1991--95
215
26
Ronald J. Herring
N. Chandra Mohan
Liberalising India's Economy: Context and Constraints
241
23
Vanita Shastri
Institutional Impediments to Human Development in Pakistan
264
19
Christopher Candland
PART IV SECURITY
Creating a Common Home? Indo-Pakistan Relations and the Search for Security in South Asia
283
28
Vernon Hewitt
The Flash-Point of South Asia: Kashmir in Indo-Pakistani Relations
311
15
Sumit Ganguly
Pokhran II and After: Consequences of the Indian Nuclear Tests of 1998
326
21
Ashok Kapur
Index
347