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Routledge Handbook of South Asian Politics India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal Edited by Paul R. Brass, Professor Emeritus of Political Science and South Asian Studies, University of Washington, USA The Routledge Handbook of South Asian Politics examines key issues in politics of the five independent states of the South Asian region: India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal. Selected Contents: 1. Introduction Paul R. Brass Part 1: Colonialism, Nationalism, and Independence in South Asia: India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka 1. India and Pakistan Ian Talbot 2. Sri Lanka’s Independence: Shadows Over a Colonial Graft Nira Wickramasinghe Part 2: Political Change, Political Parties, and the Issue of Unitary vs. Federal Forms of Government 3. Political Change, Political Structure and the Indian State Since Independence John Harriss 4. Parties and Politics in India Virginia Van Dyke 5. Pakistan’s Politics and its Economy Shahid Javed Burki 6. Party Overinstitutionalization, Contestation and Democratic Degradation in Bangladesh Harry Blair 7. Politics and Governance in Post-Independence Sri Lanka Neil DeVotta 8. Trajectories of Democracy and Restructuring of the State in Nepal Krishna Hachhethu and David N. Gellner Part 3: Federalism and Centre-State Relations 9. The Old and the New Federalism in Independent India Lloyd I. Rudolph and Susanne Hoeber Rudolph Part 4: The Judiciary 10. India’s Judiciary: Imperium in Imperio? Shylashri Shankar 11. Balancing Act: Prudence, Impunity and Pakistan’s Jurisprudence Paula R. Newberg 12. Confronting Constitutional Curtailments: Attempts to Rebuild Independence of the Judiciary in Bangladesh Sara Hossein and Tanjib-ul Alam 13. Executive Sovereignty: The Judiciary in Sri Lanka Shylashri Shankar Part 5: Pluralism and National Integration: Language Issues 14. Politics of Language in India E. Annamalai 15. Language Problems and Politics in Pakistan Tariq Rahman Part 6: Crises of National Unity 16. Crises of National Unity in India: Punjab, Kashmir and the Northeast Gurharpal Singh 17. Communal and Caste Politics and Conflicts in India Steven I. Wilkinson 18. Ethnic and Islamic Militancy in Pakistan Mohammad Waseem 19. Ethnic Conflict and the Civil War in Sri Lanka Jayadeva Uyangoda Part 7: Political Economy India 20. The Political Economy of Development in India since Independence Stuart Corbridge 21. The Political Economy of Agrarian Change in India Jan Breman Sri Lanka 22. Economic Development and Socio-Political Change in Sri Lanka since Independence W. D. Lakshman Part 8: Comparative Chapters 23. The Militaries of South Asia Stephen P. Cohen 24. Corruption and the Criminalization of Politics in South Asia Stanley A. Kochanek 25. Radical and Violent Political Movements Sumanta Banerjee 26. The International Politics of South Asia Vernon Hewitt. Bibliography April 2010: 246x174: 480pp Hb: 978-0-415-43429-4: $200.00 eBook: 978-0-203-87818-7 For more information, visit: www.routledge.com/9780415434294
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Routledge Handbook of Heritage in Asia
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Edited by Patrick Daly, National University of Singapore and Tim Winter, University of Western Sydney, Australia Rapid economic and social change across Asia means the region’s heritage is at once under threat and undergoing a revival as never before. Selected Contents: Introduction: Heritage in Asia Tim Winter and Patrick Daly Part 1: Paradigms of Conservation: The View from Asia 1. Diverging Philosophies of ‘Authenticity’: Challenging the Current Paradigm Nobuko Inaba 2. Theorising Architectural Conservation in Asia Johannes Widodo and Timoticin Kwanda 3. The Unbearability of Impermanence: Buddhism and Heritage in Asia Maurizio Peleggi 4. From Multi-Religious to Mono-Religious Monuments in South Asia Himanshu Ray 5. The Circle and the Line: Challenges of Teaching Heritage Conservation in Asia Jeff Cody and Kecia Fong Part 2: Cultural Politics and Governance 6. World Heritage, States, Governance and the Politics of Culture William Logan 7. Legislating to Safeguard Asia’s Intangible Cultural Heritage: Theory, Issues and Potential Solutions Georgina Lloyd 8. The Leadership’s Attitude towards Cultural Tradition Since in the Post-Tiananmen China Jiawen Ai 9. Intangible Cultural Heritage and Peace Building in Indonesia and East Timor Birgit Brauchler 10. The Cultural Revitalization of Khmer Ethnic Identity in Thailand: Empowerment or Confinement? Alexandra Denes Part 3: (Re)Claiming the Past 11. National Memoryscape, Urban Landscape: The Ichigawa Memorial Hall in Cosmopolitan Tokyo Jung-Sun N. Han 12. The Politics of Nostalgia and Loss in Luang Prabang, Lao PDR David Berliner 13. War and Revolution as National Heritage: ‘Red Tour’ in China Horng-luen Wang 14. Out in The Cold?: Remembering Socialism and Global Conflict in Asia Colin Long 15. Mining, Globalization and Tribal Landscapes in Eastern India Vinita Damodaran 16. Vernacular, Everyday Heritage, and Tourism in Asian Urban Cultural Landscapes Ken Taylor and Keir Reeves Part 4: Negotiating Modernity and Globalization 17. Heritage and the Project of Asian Modernity Denis Byrne 18. Japan’s Pan-Asianism and Buddhist Heritage in Asia Aki Toyoyama 19. The Product of Policy: Theatre in the Time of Globalization Anita Elizabeth Cherian 20. Rethinking Relationships: World Heritage, Communities and Tourism Robyn Bushell and Russell Staiff 21. Shifting Pilgrim Trails and Temple-Towns in India Kiran A. Shinde 22. Visuality, Embodiment and Narrative, and the Future of Digital Heritage in Asia Sarah Kenderdine Conclusion Tim Winter and Patrick Daly July 2011: 246x174: 368pp Hb: 978-0-415-60045-3: $180.00 For more information, visit: www.routledge.com/9780415600453
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