This volume looks at the politics of communication and culture in contemporary South Asia. It explores languages, signs and symbols reflective of current mythol

The book introduces central themes that have preoccupied the field of South Asian politics over the last few decades and identifies new, emerging areas of resea

This comprehensive but accessible text provides students with a systematic introduction to the comparative political study of the leading nations of South Asia:

Western policymakers, political activists and academics alike see patronage as the chief enemy of open, democratic societies. Patronage, for them, is a corrupti

Pathways to Power introduces the domestic politics of South Asia in their broadest possible context, studying ongoing transformative social processes grounded i