What explains divergences in political liberalism among new nations
that shared the same colonial heritage? This book assembles
exciting original essays on former colonies of the British Empire
in South Asia, Africa and Southeast Asia that gained independence
after World War II. The interdisciplinary country specialists
reveal how inherent contradictions within British colonial rule
were resolved after independence in contrasting liberal-legal,
despotic and volatile political orders. Through studies of the
longue duree and particular events, this book presents a theory of
political liberalism in the post-colony and develops rich
hypotheses on the conditions under which the legal complex, civil
society and the state shape alternative postcolonial trajectories
around political freedom. This provocative volume presents new
perspectives for scholars and students of postcolonialism,
political development and the politics of the legal complex, as
well as for policy makers and publics who struggle to construct and
defend basic legal freedoms.
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