Democracy, Development and Discontent in South Asia

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This book deals with the issues of democracy, development and discontent in the general context of South Asia and the specific contexts of the major countries of the region. Major challenges confronting democracy and development in South Asia–including the interface between multicultural identity, democracy and development in India; movement for the restoration of democracy in Pakistan; and the Maoist movement and its democratic accommodation in Nepal–are part of the detailed discussions in the book. Democracy, Development and Discontent in South Asia comprises latest analysis of data by well known scholars in the field, clear conceptualization, and fresh theoretical organization and interpretation. The parameters for the analyses include ethnicity, multiculturalism, democracy and authoritarianism, economic reforms, armed rebellion and movement for democracy, peace through confidence building measures, trade and development, and federal pressures–constitutional and devolutionary–in these countries. This book would greatly interest students and academicians in the field of South Asian studies, Pakistan Studies, International relations, comparative politics, political sociology, development studies and journalism.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Mahendra Prasad Singh

M.P. Singh is a Professor of Political Science at the University of Delhi and specializes in Indian and Canadian politics and Philosophy of Science. He was the Head of the Department of Political Science and the Dean of the Faculty of Social Science at the University, and a Director of the Indian Council of social Science Research. He has authored, edited, and co-edited several books on Indian politics and contributed scholarly papers in professional journals in India and North America.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Veena Kukreja

Miss Veena Kukreja is an M.A. and M.Phil in Political Science from the University of Delhi. She is working at present as a Lecturer at the Janki Devi Mahavidyalaya, Delhi University. Currently Miss Kukreja is engaged in writing her doctoral dissertation under the supervision and guidance of Professor Mahendra Prasad Singh on Civil-Military Relations in South Asia. Her fields of specialization are Comparative Political Theories and South Asian Politics.