From left, Pandit Jawarharlal Nehru, Vice President of India's Interim Government, Earl Mountbatten, Viceroy of India & Muhammad Ali Jinnah, President of the Muslim League discuss Britain's plan for India at the India Conference in New Delhi, July 2, 1947
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PAST EVENT
Twin Births, Divergent Democracies: The Social Origins of Political Parties in India and Pakistan
Brown Bag Lunch
Series: International Security Brown Bag Seminar
Open to the Public - Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
October 16, 2008
12:15-2:00 p.m.
| Speaker: | Maya Tudor, Research Fellow, International Security/Intrastate Conflict Programs |
Related Project: International Security
Description:
Why have some post-colonial states established durable democracies whereas others frequently oscillate between fragile democracies and autocracies? Understanding the conditions under which post-colonial states created and consolidated democratic regimes is of critical importance to political scientists and policymakers alike. This seminar addresses this question by asking why India and Pakistan―two states with shared cultural patterns and a shared colonial history, identical timings of democratization and similar levels of economic development―quickly established different kinds of regimes.
Please join us! Coffee and tea provided. Everyone is welcome, but admittance will be on a first come–first served basis.
Contact:
ISP Program Coordinator
International Security Program,
79 John F. Kennedy St., Mailbox 53,
Cambridge, MA 02138 USA
Harvard University
Kennedy School of Government
Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Email: susan_lynch@ksg.harvard.edu
Phone: 617-496-1981
Fax: 617-495-8963
Url: http://www.belfercenter.org/ISP/
