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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Old Regions, New States: Why is Governance Weak in the Indus-Ganges Plain? |
Author: | Mayer, P. |
Citation: | Asian Journal of Political Science, 2010; 18(1):20-47 |
Publisher: | Routledge |
Issue Date: | 2010 |
ISSN: | 0218-5377 1750-7812 |
Statement of Responsibility: | Peter Mayer |
Abstract: | A region of states considered 'critical' and 'in danger' of state failure—Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh—lie on India's land borders. Although India itself is at low risk of state failure, a number of provincial Indian states in the Ganges plain—the so-called BIMARU states of Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh—share many features of state weakness and poor developmental performance. This article canvasses a range of explanations for why there are so many ineffective and weak national and provincial governments in this broad geographic region. The article looks at the evidence for pre-colonial influences (kinship, social and political organisation), colonial transformations (land settlements), and post-colonial developments. |
Keywords: | Failed States Regionalism Governance Social Indicators Factionalism |
Rights: | © 2010 Asian Journal of Political Science |
DOI: | 10.1080/02185371003669312 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02185371003669312 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest Politics publications |
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