What Happened to Governance in Kashmir?

What Happened to Governance in Kashmir is a telling tale on the state of governance in Kashmir; the policies and strategies adopted by Indian state and the successive patronage governments to grapple with the multifarious problems of the state. Kashmir is an ailing state. It is the victim of colonialism and partition, which subverted its geographical centrality with serious economic implications besides making it a permanent conflict state causing immense human and material loss. Besides being claimed by India, Pakistan, and Kashmiris, it is also a rainbow state very difficult to manage with various ethno-regional and sub-regional nationalities at cross-purposes. Added to this, it is a dependent state. This book situates governance in its total milieu and examines the governance in the framework of challenge and response continuum. It unfolds how in a conflict state like Kashmir democracy and governance is always guided and controlled. This is the first comprehensive book on the post-1947 governance in Kashmir.

Aijaz Ashraf Wani is senior assistant professor, at Department of Political Science, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, J&K, where he has been teaching for last more than 10 years. His research interest includes governance, Jammu and Kashmir politics, Indian politics, peace and conflict Studies. He has published number of research papers and book chapters with reputed international publishes. He has participated and presented papers in number of conferences both within and outside India (Sri Lanka, USA, Pakistan). He has received funding for research projects from ICSSR and CSDS, New Delhi.