Contemporary Issues of South Asian Politics

Course description

The purpose of the course is to present to the participants a range of selected political problems and dilemmas of South Asia. Historical context as well as comparison of experiences of the states of South Asia will be presented in details in the scopes of creating democratic environment, conducting foreign policy, domestic relations, development of national identities and mutual relations of the states of that region.

The lecture is intended to point importance of identities creation and processes of political accommodation in South Asia. Basing on literature and own experience of the lecturer the subject of relations between the state and leftist movement in the region, will be presented.