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Patchwork States

by Adnan Naseemullah
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Book cover type: Hardcover
  • ISBN13: 9781009158428
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Cambridge University Press
  • Publication Date:
  • Pages: 326
  • Original Price: GBP 92.0
  • Language: English
  • Edition: New Edition
  • Item Weight: 649 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): Political Process / General

Patchwork States argues that the subnational politics of conflict and competition in South Asian countries have roots in the history of uneven state formation under colonial rule. Colonial India contained a complex landscape of different governance arrangements and state-society relations. After independence, postcolonial governments revised colonial governance institutions, but only with partial success. The book argues that contemporary India and Pakistan can be usefully understood as patchwork states, with enduring differences in state capacity and state-society relations within their national territories. The complex nature of territorial governance in these countries shapes patterns of political violence, including riots and rebellions, as well as variations in electoral competition and development across the political geography of the Indian subcontinent. By bridging past and present, this book can transform our understanding of both the legacies of colonial rule and the historical roots of violent politics, in South Asia and beyond.

Naseemullah, Adnan: - Adnan Naseemullah is Senior Lecturer in International Relations at King's College London. He is the author of Development after Statism (2017).

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