Naseemullah Patchwork States Patchwork States

The Historical Roots of Subnational Conflict and Competition in South Asia
Erscheinungsjahr 2022
ISBN: 978-1-009-17802-0
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 0 Seiten

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Naseemullah, Adnan

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I. Framework; 1. Introduction; 2. Political Order State Formation, and Typologizing Colonial Rule; Part II. Historical Roots; 3. The Making of Patchwork Authority; 4. The Patchwork Nature of Colonial Governance; 5. Post-Colonial Patchwork States; Part III. Contemporary Consequences; 6. Patchwork States and Sovereignty: Explaining Political Violence; 7. Patchwork States and Patronage: Explaining Electoral Competition; 8. Patchwork States and Development; Part IV. Conclusions; 9. Researching the Legacies of Colonial Rule; 10. Patchwork States in Comparative Perspective.