The Post-Colonial State and Social Transformation in India and Pakistan - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0195796365 ISBN 13: 9780195796360

Publisher: OUP Pakistan, 2002

Synopsis

The essays focus on such issues as the nature of ascendent bureaucracy, biraderi, feudalism, land reforms, development strategy, religious intolerance and women's emancipation. They provide a reasoned explanation of the continued backwardness and persistent poverty in South Asia in the midst of affluence. The book consists of more than a dozen chapters related to the themes which have been the central focus of the well-known social scientist, Professor Hamza Alavi's work on social and economic issues in post-colonial South Asia.

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Review

The collection of essays present purely professional opinions of specialists untainted by communal and national considerations. It strengthens the feeling that the cream of the subcontinent's intellectuals think alike. (U.S.I. Journal)

Edition details

• Publisher: OUP Pakistan
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0195796365
• ISBN 13: 9780195796360
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 486
• Editor: Naseem Dr, Nadvi Dr Khalid