Building the Modern State: Public Opinion and Governability

Read the information in the background material provided below, look for more information and then write a 3- to 5-page paper answering the following questions:
Describe how decolonization occurred in India.
Describe what happened at Partition and how this represented a breakdown in governability.

In this Case Assignment, you are expected to:
Describe the purpose of the paper and conclusion.
Answer the Case Assignment questions clearly and provide necessary details.
Provide a quality argument; that is, use good sentence structure, and avoid run-on sentences and spelling and grammar errors.
Provide citations to support your argument and references on a separate page. Please use APA format to provide citations and references: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/ ; also, helpful information can be found in the Student Guide to Writing a High-Quality Academic Paper: http://support.trident.edu/files/Well-Written-Paper.pdf].
Answer all the Case Assignment questions in an essay format instead of point format. Please do not type questions in the paper.
Double space the paper.

Dalrymple, W. (2015). The Great Divide: The violent legacy of Indian Partition. The New Yorker: http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/06/29/the-great-divide-books-dalrymple
Documentary: The Day India Burned: http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/the-day-india-burned-partition/
University of California, Los Angeles. Independent India. http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/southasia/History/Independent/indep.html
Speier, H. (1950). Historical Development of Public Opinion, American Journal of Sociology, 55, 4. 376–388
Additional Reading
Decolonization: http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook51.html