South Asian Politics(2)
Term:
Fall 2008
Subject Code:
GPOL
Course Number:
6318
This course examines the politics of modern South
Asia, an increasingly significant yet still understudied region
of the world, which addresses many classic theories of
comparative politics. Taking a comparative historical approach,
with a relative focus on India, we analyze the legacies of
imperial rule and anti-colonial movements on nationalist
imaginaries and the formation of post-colonial states; the
vicissitudes of state-led and market-oriented strategies of
development; and struggles to establish, consolidate and expand
democratic regimes, institutions and practices. The course
assesses how these processes both transformed, and were shaped
by, conflicts along lines of caste, class, gender, language and
religion, as well as patterns of convergence and difference
across the region.
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