The two inheritors of the British colonialism, India and Pakistan who got independence in the aftermath of Second World War inherited poverty and underdevelopment at the end of the colonial rule. The colonial rule ended in destroying the traditional and indigenous institutions and a legacy of colonial capitalism. Pakistan and India followed two different approaches of development. India chose t...

The paper is about the paradigms we could employ to understand what is often termed ‘bad governance’ in the global South – the relatively low effectiveness and accountability of many states. The first part is a bit polemical, and perhaps takes too seriously the problem of finding a minimally coherent and useful definition of globalisation. I suggest that the concept of globalisation is not a ve...

Although Marianna Fotaki's Editorial is helpful and challenging by looking at both the professional and institutional requirements for reinstalling compassion in order to aim for good quality healthcare, the causes that hinder this development remain unexamined. In this commentary, 3 causes are discussed; the boundary between the moral and the political; Neoliberalism; and the underdevelopment ...

Although Marianna Fotaki’s Editorial is helpful and challenging by looking at both the professional and institutional requirements for reinstalling compassion in order to aim for good quality healthcare, the causes that hinder this development remain unexamined. In this commentary, 3 causes are discussed; the boundary between the moral and the political; Neoliberalism; and the underdevelopment ...

When Martial Law was proclaimed on September 21, 1972 a11d a "New Society" brought officially to life, new social forces were set into motion and old social forces distilled into new forms. As some of the old forces died out, others merely split and still others. consolidated or merged with entirely new ones. New contradictions became evident. The problem of constructing adequate analytical dif...