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Terence Halliday - Fates of Political Liberalism in the British Post-Colony: The Politics of the Legal Complex - 9781107012783 - V9781107012783
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Fates of Political Liberalism in the British Post-Colony: The Politics of the Legal Complex

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Description for Fates of Political Liberalism in the British Post-Colony: The Politics of the Legal Complex hardcover. This book presents a theory of political liberalism in the British post-colonies. Editor(s): Halliday, Terence C.; Karpik, Lucien; Feeley, Malcolm M. Num Pages: 570 pages, 8 b/w illus. 5 tables. BIC Classification: LAM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 155 x 32. Weight in Grams: 888.
What explains divergences in political liberalism among new nations that shared the same colonial heritage? This book assembles exciting original essays on former colonies of the British Empire in South Asia, Africa and Southeast Asia that gained independence after World War II. The interdisciplinary country specialists reveal how inherent contradictions within British colonial rule were resolved after independence in contrasting liberal-legal, despotic and volatile political orders. Through studies of the longue durée and particular events, this book presents a theory of political liberalism in the post-colony and develops rich hypotheses on the conditions under which the legal complex, civil society ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
570
Condition
New
Number of Pages
570
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781107012783
SKU
V9781107012783
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About Terence Halliday
Terence C. Halliday is a Research Professor at the American Bar Foundation and the co-director of the Center on Law and Globalization at the American Bar Foundation and University of Illinois College of Law. He is the author and editor of several books on the politics of legal professions and his research has been published in the American Sociological Review, ... Read more

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