College Bulletin 2014-2015 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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POLS 050. The Politics of India and Pakistan
This course explores the origins, historical trajectories and contemporary political and social dynamics of India and Pakistan. We will discuss Partition in 1947 and the making of the two countries, as well as evolving ideas of citizenship and national belonging in the two countries. We will then investigate the transformations of Indian democracy and the rise and fall of dictatorship in Pakistan. We will examine issues of contemporary relevance in the two countries, such as the role of religion and ethnicity in national politics and public life.
1 credit.
Fall 2014. Naseemullah.
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Political Science
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