Ruling continuities: Colonial rule, social forces and path dependence in British India and Africa

Commonwealth and Comparative Politics

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 66-92

  Subrahmanyam, Gita ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

British empire; Democratisation; New states; Path dependence

Indexed keywords

COLONIALISM; DEMOCRATIZATION; IMPERIALISM;

AFRICA; ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33646759597     PISSN: 14662043     EISSN: 17439094     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1215/0961754X-12-1-66     Document Type: Article

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