Mission or empire?: The impact of Christian missionaries on India's democratic development
TV Lankina, L Getachew - South Asia@ LSE, 2012 - eprints.lse.ac.uk
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… Given these findings, this research has wider implications for comparative scholarship
transcending the debates on the determinants of national and sub-national democracy in
India. Colonialism has featured prominently in recent interdisciplinary debates on the origins
of the “great divergence” in development among post-colonial nations, with British institutions
in particular singled out for their ostensibly benign effects on democratic development in
former colonies. Lankina and Getachew’s research should help refocus the emphasis of …
transcending the debates on the determinants of national and sub-national democracy in
India. Colonialism has featured prominently in recent interdisciplinary debates on the origins
of the “great divergence” in development among post-colonial nations, with British institutions
in particular singled out for their ostensibly benign effects on democratic development in
former colonies. Lankina and Getachew’s research should help refocus the emphasis of …
Tomila Lankina and Lullit Getachew find that Christian missions operating throughout India influenced post-colonial democracy by promoting education, particularly female literacy.
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