Essay: India and Pakistan: The Role of Regimes, Consensus and Stability

Aryaman Mehra

doi:10.46609/IJSSER.2024.v09i08.033

Title: Essay: India and Pakistan: The Role of Regimes, Consensus and Stability
Authors: Aryaman Mehra
Journal: International Journal of Social Science and Economic Research (IJSSER) ISSN: 2455-8834 Volume: 9 Issue: 8 Publication Date: August 2024 DOI: 10.46609/IJSSER.2024.v09i08.033
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Aryaman Mehra Vasant Valley School
MLA 8 Mehra, Aryaman. "India and Pakistan: The Role of Regimes, Consensus and Stability." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, vol. 9, no. 8, Aug. 2024, pp. 3081-3087, doi.org/10.46609/IJSSER.2024.v09i08.033. Accessed Aug. 2024. APA 6 Mehra, A. (2024, August). India and Pakistan: The Role of Regimes, Consensus and Stability. Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, 9(8), 3081-3087. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.46609/IJSSER.2024.v09i08.033 Chicago Mehra, Aryaman. "India and Pakistan: The Role of Regimes, Consensus and Stability." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research 9, no. 8 (August 2024), 3081-3087. Accessed August, 2024. https://doi.org/10.46609/IJSSER.2024.v09i08.033.
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ABSTRACT: How do the governments of a dictatorial regime (Pakistan) and a democratic regime(India) differ? Statistics suggest India has economically overtaken Pakistan on most indicators. However, this was not a foregone conclusion, as India's income per capita in 1990 (using 2011 constant prices), the per capita income (using 2011 constant prices) in India was 1,773 PPP US dollars, just 58% of Pakistan’s. Yet after two decades, India caught up and now surpasses Pakistan by 20%. This first observation brings the question of the divergent political and economic paths these two countries took to explain such differences in development. After the enactment of their independence from the British Empire, both countries had to build a political framework. On the one hand, Pakistan’s constitution was embedded in conflict, elections were regularly postponed and military coups undermined institutions. On the other hand, India drafted the world’s longest constitution, successfully held free and fair elections and took the democratic route. These provide insights into the topic of instability due to the regime type of the two countries. Pakistan being an autocracy, was an extremely unstable country with a weak government whereas India being a democracy, had flourished into the fastest developing nation in the world with a stable and fair government elected by the people. This study aims to analyse the impact of varying political structures, institutional frameworks, and power distribution mechanisms in both countries on the establishment and sustenance of political consensus crucial for upholding democratic principles.

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