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Bangladesh and Pakistan : flirting with failure in South Asia / William B. Milam.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Milam, William B.
- Series:
- ADST-DACOR diplomats and diplomacy series ; v. 34.
- ADST-DACOR diplomats and diplomacy series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Islam and politics.
- Pakistan--Politics and government.
- Pakistan.
- Politics and government.
- Bangladesh--Politics and government.
- Bangladesh.
- Islam and politics--Pakistan.
- Islam and politics--Bangladesh.
- Pakistan--Civilization.
- Civilization.
- Bangladesh--Civilization.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 276 pages ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Columbia University Press, [2009]
- Contents:
- Introduction: The turning points
- The legacy of two bloody partitions
- Flawed leaders and failed democracies
- From military to civilian rule in Bangladesh
- From military to semi-military rule in Pakistan
- The Ershad military intervention
- Electoral democracy is not enough
- Electoral democracy revisits Pakistan, 1988-99
- Pakistan's self-fulling prophecy: The military back in power
- Economic and social development and the NGOs
- Still on the brink after thirty-seven years
- Epilogue.
- Notes:
- "An ADST-DACOR diplomats and diplomacy book."
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-269) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780231700665
- 0231700660
- OCLC:
- 226360222
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