Democracy and Authoritarianism in South Asia: A Comparative and Historical Perspective by Ayesha Jalal

Democracy and Authoritarianism in South Asia: A Comparative and Historical Perspective

Contemporary South Asia

Ayesha Jalal

312 pages first pub 1995 (view editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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Challenging the view that a shared colonial legacy led to contrasting patterns of political development in South Asia--democracy in India and authoritarianism in Pakistan and Bangladesh--Ayesha Jalal argues that, despite differences in form, centr...

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