"The focus of the book is on Pakistan's political history. With a chapter on the establishment of Pakistan as a backgrounder, the book thoroughly examines constitution-making and the characteristic features of various constitutions and why and how these did not work effectively. It analyses the working of the military governments of Ayub Khan, Yahya Khan, and Ziaul Haq as well as the working of…
This book seeks to help explain why a country which after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, had the chance to create a concert of all the world's major states- including Muslim ones- against Islamist revolutionary terrorism chose in. stead to pursue policies which divided the West, further alienated the Muslim world and exposed America itself to greatly increased danger. The most imp…
The volume attempts to explain the prevailing civil-military equations in India and Pakistan by examining the plethora of historical, politic and military factors that have shaped the present-day political environment. As leaders in New Delhi and Islamabad appear more determined than ever before, to embark upon nuclear weaponization, there is now a much greater urgency to understand the politic…
Misgovernance is the fundamental problem of South Asia. Time and time again the people of this region have seen a new dawn break only to be disappointed long before breakfast. Independence itself, the overthrow of military dictators like Ayub Khan, Zia-ul-Haq, and General Ershad, the end of Indira Gandhi's Emergency, the curtailing of monarchical power in Nepal, how many more times will democra…
"How grand and glorious our past was! How dim and dismal our present is! If we did not mend in time, how bleak our future will be!" - is the timely warning given to us by Maithlisharan Gupt in the afore-mentioned couplet. Where there is a will, there is a way. By the dint of will-power, robust optimism and dauntless determination, we can, not only transform the dismal present into gay and galla…
Nationalism and globalization are two major contradicting forces in the world today. The roles that these two forces play and the impact of globalization on countries differ. Both Western and Asian "nation- states" have faced the challenge of globalization in recent decades, and the challenge has become more intense since the 1990s. The decline of communism and socialism as ideologies, and the …
India has been a democratic polity for more than four decades since its independence. During this period Indian society has changed unrecognisably in almost every walk of life. It will be appropriate to stand back and look at these changes in Indian society and polity objectively and without bias in order to face the new challenges and opportunities as a part of a reappraisal of India's social …
Nationalism in specific political systems combined with a theoretical framework that draws out its universal significance. Ten case studies from South Asia, the Middle East, Latin America and Europe focus on local cultural factors. Preface: field experience and social theory 1 Introduction: western concepts and non-western realities 2 Towards a new definition of Third World nationalism 3…
Malaysia has long had an ambivalent relationship to globalization. A shining example of export-led growth and the positive role for foreign investment, the country's political leadership has also expressed skepticism about the prevailing international political and economic order. In this compelling collection, Nelson, Meerman and Rahman Embong bring together a group of Malaysian and foreign sc…
Buku ini membahas tentang nasionalisme dan semangat proklamasi serta kedaulatan bangsa Untuk menghadapi penjajah yang masih bercokol hingga saat ini diperlukan semangat nasionalisme yang sama kuatnya pada saat bangsa Indonesia menghadapi penjajahan Belanda dan Jepang. Semangat nasionalisme yang kita butuhkan itu adalah semangat untuk membangun ekonomi.