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A Political Legacy of the British Empire: Power and the Parliamentary System in Post-colonial India and Sri Lanka
Harshan Kumarasingham
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Hardback. As the British Empire receded, India and neighbouring Sri Lanka, then known as Ceylon, preserved the 'Westminster'-style political system left by their colonial rulers. Both South Asian countries became independent in the late 1940s in widely differing styles. The author analyses the crucial first decade of independence for both countries. Series: International Library of Twentieth Century History. Num Pages: 320 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FKS; 1QDB; HBJF; HBLW3; HBTR; JPQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 144 x 30. Weight in Grams: 506.
As the British Empire receded, India and Sri Lanka, then known as Ceylon, preserved the 'Westminster' political system left by their colonial rulers. Both South Asian countries became independent in the late 1940s, though in widely differing styles: India fought a violent campaign of mass political activism and would become a republic, while Sri Lanka negotiated independence by a gentlemen's agreement among the indigenous elite and remained a realm. Both nations adopted the 'Westminster' political system of their colonial master, producing results and reactions that would shape each country profoundly. Harshan Kumarasingham analyses the crucial first decade of independence, ... Read more
As the British Empire receded, India and Sri Lanka, then known as Ceylon, preserved the 'Westminster' political system left by their colonial rulers. Both South Asian countries became independent in the late 1940s, though in widely differing styles: India fought a violent campaign of mass political activism and would become a republic, while Sri Lanka negotiated independence by a gentlemen's agreement among the indigenous elite and remained a realm. Both nations adopted the 'Westminster' political system of their colonial master, producing results and reactions that would shape each country profoundly. Harshan Kumarasingham analyses the crucial first decade of independence, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
320
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Series
International Library of Twentieth Century History
Condition
New
Number of Pages
312
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780762289
SKU
V9781780762289
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About Harshan Kumarasingham
Harshan Kumarasingham holds a PhD in Political Science from Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, where his doctorate was awarded the Sir Desmond Todd Prize. He is Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow at the University of Potsdam, Henry Charles Chapman Fellow in Commonwealth Studies at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London and is a Fellow at the Centre ... Read more
Reviews for A Political Legacy of the British Empire: Power and the Parliamentary System in Post-colonial India and Sri Lanka
'Theoretically sophisticated and empirically rich, this book presents an interesting comparative discussion on how the Westminster system has worked in India and Sri Lanka... Not much has been written so far on the political history of these two nations in the early years of independence and this book fills a major gap in the historical literature on decolonization in South ... Read more