Widmalm, Sten

Political tolerance in the global south : images of India, Pakistan and Uganda / Sten Widmalm - London : Routledge, 2017 - xxiii, 243p. ; 24cm.

What makes people agree to the extension of political rights to those they clearly dislike? This book moves beyond the extensive research on this question in western contexts to focus on the global south, offering unique empirical studies of political tolerance in plural societies where poverty is prevalent and democratic institutions can often be fragile. Based on extensive data gathered in India, Pakistan and Uganda, this book offers an account of the factors that shape the foundations of a society and its capacity to be democratic, but where the need for the protection of human rights is great and where the state is either weak or even constitutes a counter-force against the rights of individuals and groups.

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Political culture--India
Political culture--Pakistan
Political culture--Uganda
Political culture
Political sociology

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