Politics in South Asia: Culture, Rationality and Conceptual Flow

Front Matter....Pages i-xxvii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Political Parties and Democracy in South Asia: The CPI-M in India’s Liberal Democracy....Pages 3-16
Ideological Trends and Changing Party System Polarization in Western Democracies....Pages 17-30
Tanzania’s Economic and Political Performance: A District-Level Test of Selectorate Theory....Pages 31-48
Front Matter....Pages 49-49
India’s Social Challenges....Pages 51-60
Neo-Liberal Reforms, the Ethnic Conflict and the Decline of Liberal Democracy in Sri Lanka....Pages 61-72
Key Issues in the Study of State Politics in India....Pages 73-86
Citizenship and Violence: The Past and Future of Civility....Pages 87-97
Front Matter....Pages 99-99
South Asia’s Response to Its Refugee Questions....Pages 101-122
The Withdrawal of the Foreign Troops from Afghanistan in 2014, Peace Negotiations and the Role of Pakistan....Pages 123-135
From the Great Game 3.0 to the U.S. Asia Pivot: The New Geometry of South Asia’s Geopolitics....Pages 137-154
Front Matter....Pages 155-155
The Coffee House and the Ashram: Gandhi, Civil Society and Public Spheres....Pages 157-168
What Makes a Negotiated Solution Durable?....Pages 169-177
From Exoticism to Postcolonial Art: Theorizing and Politicizing Art in the Age of Globalisation....Pages 179-188
Back Matter....Pages 189-204