Old Regions, New States
Why is Governance Weak in the Indus–Ganges Plain
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6233720 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Peter Mayer (0000-0002-6267-4874, The University of Adelaide, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 20-47 |
| Publication date | 2010-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Asian Journal of Political Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0218-5377 • E-ISSN: 1750-7812 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/02185371003669312 |
| OpenAlex | W2089437582 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 33 |
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
Archaeology · Colonialism · Corporate governance · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Economy · Geography · Human settlement · Indus · Kinship · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Socioeconomics · Sociology · State (computer science · Uttar pradesh · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance · Law · Social and Economic Development in India · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies
Dominance and state power in modern India
Strong Societies and Weak States
Embedded Autonomy
The Politics of Economic Adjustment
State Power and Social Forces
The Myth of the Powerless State
The state in society
The Breakdown of Democratic Regimes
Democracy and Discontent
What ever happened to the East Asian Developmental State? The unfolding debate
The nation and the state of Pakistan
Assessing state failure
Imperialism and Revolution in South Asia
Can Pakistan survive? The death of a state
Enterprise and Secular Change
The persistence of poverty in India
Theorising the Rise of Regionness
Making Democracy Work
Is Pakistan the (Reverse) Wave of the Future
Beyond the Other? A postcolonial critique of the failed state thesis
Bringing politics back in
An Exploration of India
On Kinship Structure, Female Autonomy, and Demographic Behavior in India
India's Falling Sex Ratios
The failure of capitalism in Pakistan
Is India Becoming More Democratic
Class and Power in a Punjabi Village
Factional Politics in an Indian State
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |