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A comparison of the development and non-development of parliamentary democracy in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh.

Table of Contents

Dominant Class Coalitions: The Argument and Its Historical Contexts "Communalism" and Coalitions of Dominant Classes Punjab and Bengal Democracy in India Pakistan and Bangladesh Does Parliamentary Democracy Matter? Index

About the Author

ROBERT W. STERN is a Senior Research Fellow at Macquarie University in Sydney. For more than thirty years his professional life has centered on the study of modern South Asia. He is the author of four books, including Changing India (1993) and a number of articles.

Reviews

"A major contribution to modern political and sociological thought and the salience of its findings are not to be underestimated."-Professor Christian Aspalter The University of Hong Kong

?[a] useful addition to the literature on the contrast between democracy and dictatorship in South Asia?-U.S.I. Journal

?[A]n interesting and substantive study of the conceptions of democracy and dictatorship in South Asia.?-Contemporary South Asia

?Stern provides a well-written, sophisticated, comparative analysis that will be of great interest to both generalists and specialists. Undergraduates through faculty and researches.?-Choice

?This is a delightfully tight, confident book....a persuasive analysis of what makes the regimes of South Asia tick, incisively written by a witty scholar who has observed the region, and heard most of the arguments about it, for the past forty years.?-South Asia

"Ýa¨ useful addition to the literature on the contrast between democracy and dictatorship in South Asia"-U.S.I. Journal

"ÝA¨n interesting and substantive study of the conceptions of democracy and dictatorship in South Asia."-Contemporary South Asia

"[a] useful addition to the literature on the contrast between democracy and dictatorship in South Asia"-U.S.I. Journal

"[A]n interesting and substantive study of the conceptions of democracy and dictatorship in South Asia."-Contemporary South Asia

"Stern provides a well-written, sophisticated, comparative analysis that will be of great interest to both generalists and specialists. Undergraduates through faculty and researches."-Choice

"This is a delightfully tight, confident book....a persuasive analysis of what makes the regimes of South Asia tick, incisively written by a witty scholar who has observed the region, and heard most of the arguments about it, for the past forty years."-South Asia