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Author Tudor, Maya Jessica, 1975-

Title The promise of power [electronic resource] : the origins of democracy in India and autocracy in Pakistan / Maya Tudor.

Imprint New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description xiii, 240 p. : ill., map.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 1. How India institutionalised democracy & Pakistan promoted autocracy -- 2. The social origins of pro- and anti-democratic movements (1885-1919) -- 3. Imagining and institutionalizing new nations (1919-1947) -- 4. Organizing alliances (1919-1947) -- 5. Freedom at midnight and divergent democracies (1947-1958) -- 6. The institutionalization of alliances in India, Pakistan, and beyond.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Democracy.
Authoritarianism.
India -- Politics and government -- 1947-
Pakistan -- Politics and government.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9781107032965 (hardback : alk. paper)
9781107333512 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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