Politics in South Asia - Culture, Rationality and Conceptual Flow

The book introduces central themes that have preoccupied the field of South Asian politics over the last few decades and identifies new, emerging areas of research. Presenting both general political theory and context-specific case studies, the collection draws attention to the methodological challenges of working on an area-specific theme and the importance of generating generalizable insights linked to theory. Hence it will be of interest for political scientists working on South Asian politics as well as on other non-Western societies. The collection represents an unusually broad survey of scholarship emerging from a range of leading academic centres in the field.

List of contents

Preface.- 1 Introduction.- Part I: Democracy in a Comparative Perspective.- Part II: The Post-Colonial State in South Asia.- Part III: State, Security and Stability in South Asia.- Part IV: The Art of Politics.- Index.

About the author

Markus Pauli ist wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter am Lehrstuhl von Prof. Dietl.Dipl.-Kffr.

Summary

The book introduces central themes that have preoccupied the field of South Asian politics over the last few decades and identifies new, emerging areas of research. Presenting both general political theory and context-specific case studies, the collection draws attention to the methodological challenges of working on an area-specific theme and the importance of generating generalizable insights linked to theory. Hence it will be of interest for political scientists working on South Asian politics as well as on other non-Western societies. The collection represents an unusually broad survey of scholarship emerging from a range of leading academic centres in the field.

Product details

• Assisted by: Dominik Frommherz (Editor), Dominik Frommherz et al (Editor), Kai Fürstenberg (Editor), Marian Gallenkamp (Editor), Lion König (Editor), Markus Pauli (Editor), Jivant Schöttli (Editor), Jivanta Schöttli (Editor), Siegfried O. Wolf (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.06.2014
• EAN: 9783319090863
• ISBN: 978-3-31-909086-3
• No. of pages: 204
• Dimensions: 161 mm x 244 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 510 g
• Illustrations: XXVII, 204 p. 1 illus.
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Comparative and international political science; B, International Relations, Political Science and International Studies, Regional Studies, Political Economy, Regional/Spatial Science, Regional and Spatial Economics, regional economics, Spatial economics, Area Studies;Asian Studies;India;South Asia