TY - BOOK AU - Oldenburg,Philip TI - India, Pakistan, and democracy: solving the puzzle of divergent paths SN - 9780415780193 AV - JQ281 O44 I 2010 PY - 2010/// CY - Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon [England], New York PB - Routledge KW - Democracy KW - India KW - Pakistan KW - Democratization KW - Politics and government KW - 1947- KW - Colonial influence N1 - Why India is a democracy and Pakistan is not (yet?) a democracy -- The first thirty years of independence -- Inheritances of colonial rule -- Constitutional & political choices, in the initial years -- Institutionalizing democracy -- Who (really) governs? -- From 1977 to the present -- 1977 as a turning point? -- Religion as an explanation -- External influences -- Clearly diverging paths -- Prospects for path convergence in the next decades; HKBU library; YT2025 M10 ER -