Inaugural Addresses by Presidents of the Indian National Congress
Title | Inaugural Addresses by Presidents of the Indian National Congress PDF eBook |
Author | Dinakara Viṣṇu Gokhale |
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Pages | 262 |
Release | 1895 |
Genre | Constitutional history |
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Inaugural Addresses by Presidents of the Indian National Congress, with Mr. Charles Bradlaugh's Speech
Title | Inaugural Addresses by Presidents of the Indian National Congress, with Mr. Charles Bradlaugh's Speech PDF eBook |
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Release | 1895 |
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Ironies of Colonial Governance
Title | Ironies of Colonial Governance PDF eBook |
Author | James Jaffe |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 335 |
Release | 2015-05-21 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1107087929 |
An in-depth study of the international circulation of ideas and practices of law and governance in colonial India.
Colonial Origins of Democracy and Dictatorship
Title | Colonial Origins of Democracy and Dictatorship PDF eBook |
Author | Alexander Lee |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 315 |
Release | 2024-05-30 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1009423517 |
Why are some countries more democratic than others? For most non-European countries, elections began under Western colonial rule. However, existing research largely overlooks these democratic origins. Analyzing a global sample of colonies across four centuries, this book explains the emergence of colonial electoral institutions and their lasting impact. The degree of democracy in the metropole, the size of the white settler population, and pressure from non-Europeans all shaped the timing and form of colonial elections. White settlers and non-white middle classes educated in the colonizer's language usually gained early elections but settler minorities resisted subsequent franchise expansion. Authoritarian metropoles blocked elections entirely. Countries with lengthy exposure to competitive colonial institutions tended to consolidate democracies after independence. By contrast, countries with shorter electoral episodes usually shed democratic institutions and countries that were denied colonial elections consolidated stable dictatorships. Regime trajectories shaped by colonial rule persist to the present day.
Government and Politics of India and Pakistan, 1885-1955
Title | Government and Politics of India and Pakistan, 1885-1955 PDF eBook |
Author | Patrick Wilson |
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Pages | 384 |
Release | 1956 |
Genre | Constitutional history |
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India
Title | India PDF eBook |
Author | Indian National Congress. British Committee |
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Pages | 130 |
Release | 1896 |
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A Short Bibliography of Indo-Muslim History, 1858-1961
Title | A Short Bibliography of Indo-Muslim History, 1858-1961 PDF eBook |
Author | University of the Punjab. Historical Research Institute |
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Pages | 176 |
Release | 1969 |
Genre | India |
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