Author: Selig S Harrison
Paul H Kreisberg/Dennis Kux
Editor(s): Selig S Harrison/Paul H Kreisberg/Dennis Kux
Publisher: Cambridge University press
Year: 1999
Language: English
Pages: 217
ISBN/UPC (if available): 0521645859
Description
A Half century Ago, the independence of India and Pakistan signaled the beginning of the end of Western colonialism and the emergence of new nation states in much of Asia and Africa. The year 1997, the fiftieth anniversary of independence, offered an excellent milestones for considering the progress, problems, and prospects of the two countries. For this purpose, ten well-known specialists presented papers at a conference at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, D C, assessing Indian and Pakistani domestic political developments, economic development, social trends, and foreign and security policies, as well as U S relations with India and Pakistan.
The papers have been collected in India and Pakistan and the editors, themselves well-known experts on south Asia, have added a sizable introduction. The result is a comprehensive review of how the two countries, home to one-fifth of the world's population, have fared.
This book is the first serious effort to examine and compare trends in the two counties during their initial fifty years. Although the authors are specialists, they have targeted their texts for lay readers as well as scholars. The book should be of use for supplemental readings on South Asia in university courses and as background for any-one seeking to do business in South Asia. It is the only work of its kind currently available.
REVIEWS
The book is an excellent reader on South Asian affairs, especially for anyone with a particular interest in one of the two states but with less knowledge of the other. It is also a fine résumé of developments over the first fifty years and can thus be strongly recommended as an acquisition for any South Asia collection.
-International Quarterly for Asian Studies
Contents
LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
Selig S Harrison, Paul H Kreisberg, and Dennis Kux
PART I - POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT
India: Democratic progress and problems
PAUL R BRASS
Pakistan: A nation still in the making
ROBERT LAPORTE, JR
PART II- ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
India: Much achieved, much to achieve
JOHN ADAMS
Pakistan: Misplaced priorities, missed opportunities
MARVIN G WEINBAUM
PART III - SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
India: Growth and inequity
SONALDE DESAI AND KATHARINE F SREEDHAR
Pakistan: Some progress, sobering challenges
ANITA M WEISS
India: Policies past and future
SUMIT GANGULY
Pakistan: Fifty years of insecurity
THOMAS PERRY THORNTON
The United States, India, and Pakistan: Retrospect and prospect
STEPHEN PHILIP COHEN
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
INDEX