Tudor, Maya Jessica, 1975-

The promise of power the origins of democracy in India and autocracy in Pakistan / Maya Tudor. - New York : Cambridge University Press, (c)2013. - 1 online resource (pages cm.)

Includes bibliographies and index.

1. How India institutionalised democracy and 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.



9781107336834


Democracy.
Authoritarianism.


Electronic Books.

JQ231 / .P766 2013