1st Edition

Democracy in South Asia

Edited By Aijaz Ashraf Wani, Arshid Iqbal Dar Copyright 2025
254 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge India

254 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge India

254 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge India

This volume examines the state of democracy in South Asia after the first two decades of the millennium. It shows how the inroads made by democracy that surged through South Asia at the turn of the century stands at the crossroads after two decades. The Taliban regaining strength in Afghanistan, tricky civil-military relations in Pakistan, the political stand-off in Nepal, as well as the... Read more

1. Introduction

Aijaz Ashraf Wani & Arshid Iqbal Dar

2. Democracy Denied: The False Promise of Afghanistan’s Constitutions

Jennifer Brick Murtazashvili

3. The Making of an Autocratic Regime: Democratic Backsliding in Bangladesh

Ali Riaz

4. Removals of Elected and Appointed Public Officials in Bhutan: Democratic Recession or Consolidation?

Sonam Kinga

5. Democracy in India: Continuities, Realignments, and Promises

Anup Shekhar Chakraborty

6. Democracy in Maldives: Unpacking the ‘Democratization-Backsliding’ Rollercoaster

Arshid Iqbal Dar & Aijaz Ashraf Wani

7. Nepal’s Tryst with Democracy: Internal Dynamics, External Influences

 Abijit Sharma

8.  Democratization in Pakistan and its Challenges

Mariam Mufti and Kazma Chaudhry

9. Constitutional Amendments (2001-2022) and Democracy in Sri Lanka

Nadarajah Pushparajah & Malini Balamayuran

Biography

Aijaz Ashraf Wani is Associate Professor at Department of Political Science, University of Kashmir.

Arshid Iqbal Dar is an Assistant Professor in the Centre for International Relations, Islamic University of Science, and Technology (IUST).