Tudor, Maya Jessica, 1975-

The promise of power : the origins of democracy in India and autocracy in Pakistan / Maya Tudor - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013. - xiii, 240 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 224-234) and index.

1. How India institutionalised democracy and Pakistan promoted autocracy -- 2. The social origins of pro- and anti-democratic movements (1885-1919) -- 3. Imagining and institutionalizing new nations (1919-1947) -- 4. Organizing alliances (1919-1947) -- 5. Freedom at midnight and divergent democracies (1947-1958) -- 6. The institutionalization of alliances in India, Pakistan, and beyond.

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Democracy.
Authoritarianism.


India--Politics and government--1947-
Pakistan--Politics and government.

320.954 TUD