TY  - BOOK
AU  - DeVotta,Neil
TI  - An Introduction to South Asian Politics
SN  - 9780429582479
AV  - JQ98.A58 
U1  - 320.954 23
PY  - 2024///
CY  - London, New York
PB  - Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
KW  - South Asia
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - Textbooks
N1  - Previous edition: 2016; Includes bibliographical references and index; An overview -- India -- Pakistan -- Bangladesh -- Sri Lanka -- Nepal -- Afghanistan
N2  - "The second edition of this introductory textbook provides students with an overarching understanding of social, political, and economic institutions of six South Asian countries: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. Using democracy as a prism, it evaluates the varied opportunities and constraints facing these states. Key features include: Introduction to the region. The history and development of these South Asian states, including evaluations of their democratic trajectories. The management of conflict, economic development, and extremist threats. A comparative analysis of the states. Projections concerning democracy given evolving challenges. The textbook is an indispensable teaching tool for courses on South Asia. It includes pedagogical features such as political chronologies, political party descriptions, text boxes, a glossary, and suggestions for further reading. It is written in an accessible style by country experts, thus offering students of South Asian politics a valuable introduction to an exceedingly diverse and complicated region"--
ER  -