Political Transformations in Nepal

Mom Bishwakarma

• Paperback | Engels | Routledge Contemporary South Asia
• This book offers an in-depth analysis of the interrelationship between long-standing caste discrimination in Nepal, its vicious circle of impact upon ... Lees meer

Nation, Constitutionalism and Buddhism in Sri Lanka

Roshan de Silva Wijeyeratne

• Paperback | Engels | Routledge Contemporary South Asia
• Nation, Constitutionalism and Buddhism in Sri Lanka offers a new perspective on contemporary debates about Sinhalese Buddhist nationalism in Sri Lanka... Lees meer

Contemporary Pakistani Fiction in English

Cara Cilano

• Hardcover | Engels | Routledge Contemporary South Asia
• Looking at a wide selection of Pakistani novels in English, this book explores how literary texts imaginatively probe the past, convey the present, an... Lees meer

Maoism in India

Bidyut Chakrabarty, Rajat Kumar Kujur

• Hardcover | Engels | Routledge Contemporary South Asia | nr. 22
• The rise of Maoism as one of the organized political movement in India is the outcome of a historical situation. Both colonialism and the failure of t... Lees meer

Dalits, Subalternity and Social Change in India

• Paperback | Engels | Routledge Contemporary South Asia
• The linguistic origin of the term Dalit is Marathi , and pre-dates the militant-intellectual Dalit Panthers movement of the 1970s. It was not in popul... Lees meer

The Political Economy of Ethnic Conflict in Sri Lanka

Nikolaos Biziouras

• Paperback | Engels | Routledge Contemporary South Asia
• At the point of independence in 1948, Sri Lanka was projected to be a success story in the developing world. However, in July 1983 a violent ethnic co... Lees meer

Building Bangalore

John C Stallmeyer

• Hardcover | Engels | Routledge Contemporary South Asia
• Examining spatial transformations in Bangalore, one of India's fastest growing cities, this book highlights the influence of information and communica... Lees meer

Post-9/11 Espionage Fiction in the Us and Pakistan

Cara Cilano

• Paperback | Engels | Routledge Contemporary South Asia
• As the events of 11 September 2001 and their aftermath influence new developments in spy fiction as a popular genre, an examination of these literary ... Lees meer

Capitalist Development in India's Informal Economy

Elisabetta Basile

• Hardcover | Engels | Routledge Contemporary South Asia
• This book explores the economy and society of Provincial India in the post-Green Revolution period. It argues that the low 'quality' of capital develo... Lees meer

Pakistan's Nuclear Policy

Zafar Khan

• Paperback | Engels | Routledge Contemporary South Asia
• In May 1998, in reaction to India's nuclear weapons tests, Pakistan tested six nuclear weapons. Following this, the country opted for a policy of mini... Lees meer

Ritual and Recovery in Post-Conflict Sri Lanka

Jane Derges

• Paperback | Engels | Routledge Contemporary South Asia
• Following over twenty years of war, Sri Lanka's longest cease-fire (2002-2006) provided a final opportunity for an inclusive peace settlement between ... Lees meer

China-India Relations

Amardeep Athwal

• Paperback | Engels | Routledge Contemporary South Asia
• This book examines the dynamics of the modern relationship between China and India. As key emerging powers in the international system, India and espe... Lees meer

South Asian Security

• Paperback | Engels | Routledge Contemporary South Asia
• The South Asian security complex refers to security interdependencies between the states in the region, and also includes the effect that powerful ext... Lees meer

Gender, Nation and Popular Film in India

Sikata Banerjee

• Hardcover | Engels | Routledge Contemporary South Asia
• Interpretations of manhood have unfolded in India within a middle class cultural milieu shaped by an assertive self-confidence fuelled by liberalisati... Lees meer

The Multiplex in India

Adrian Athique, Douglas Hill

• Paperback | Engels | Routledge Contemporary South Asia
• During the decade of its existence in India, the multiplex cinema has been very much a sign of the times - both a symptom and a symbol of new social v... Lees meer

The Bengal Diaspora

Claire Alexander, Joya Chatterji, Annu Jalais

• Paperback | Engels | Routledge Contemporary South Asia
• Using a creative interdisciplinary approach combining historical, sociological and anthropological approaches to migration and diaspora this book expl... Lees meer

Civil Society and Pakistan's Economy

• Hardcover | Engels | Routledge Contemporary South Asia
• This book analyses the paradoxes of Pakistan's economy, meritocratic domestic policy, and the role of the state and the civil society. It argues that ... Lees meer

Healthcare in Post-Independence India

Amrita Bagchi

• Hardcover | Engels | Routledge Contemporary South Asia
• This book analyses the development of private healthcare in post-Independence Kolkata, India, and the rapid expansion of private nursing homes and hos... Lees meer

Microcredit and Women's Empowerment

Aminul Faraizi, Taskinur Rahman, Jim McAllister

• Hardcover | Engels | Routledge Contemporary South Asia
• Using a case study of Bangladesh, and based on a long term participatory observation method, this book investigates claims of the success of microcred... Lees meer

Architecture and Nationalism in Sri Lanka

Anoma Pieris

• Hardcover | Engels | Routledge Contemporary South Asia
• The role of the home, the domestic sphere and the intimate, ethno-cultural identities that are cultivated within it, are critical to understanding the... Lees meer

Islamic NGOs in Bangladesh

Mohammad Musfequs Salehin

• Hardcover | Engels | Routledge Contemporary South Asia
• NGOs (Non-Governmental Organizations) have emerged in both a development and aid capacity in Bangladesh, providing wide-reaching public services to th... Lees meer

Civil Society and Democratization in India

Sarbeswar Sahoo

• Hardcover | Engels | Routledge Contemporary South Asia
• Developing a distinctive theoretical framework on civil society, this book examines how Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) contribute towards democ... Lees meer

Religion and Modernity in the Himalaya

• Hardcover | Engels | Routledge Contemporary South Asia
• Religion has long been a powerful cultural, social, and political force in the Himalaya. Increased economic and cultural flows, growth in tourism, and... Lees meer

Twenty-First Century Bollywood

Ajay Gehlawat

• Paperback | Engels | Routledge Contemporary South Asia
• Key changes have emerged in Bollywood in the new millennium. Twenty-First Century Bollywood traces the emerging shifts in both the content and form of... Lees meer