Pakistan at the Crossroads

Domestic Dynamics and External Pressures
Erscheinungsjahr 2016
ISBN: 978-0-231-17306-3
Verlag: Columbia University Press

Buch, Englisch, 360 Seiten, Format (B × H): 158 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 623 g

Reihe: Religion, Culture, and Public Life

Top international scholars assess Pakistan's politics and economics and the challenges faced by its civil and military regimes. Contributors examine the state's handling of internal threats, tensions among political parties, police and law-enforcement reform, trends in judicial activism, the rise of border conflicts, financial entanglements with foreign powers, and diplomatic relations with India, China, Afghanistan, and the United States.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Jaffrelot, Christophe

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Pakistan, the Interface State, by Christophe JaffrelotPart I: The Domestic Scene1. The Military and Democracy, by Aqil Shah2. The Operational Dynamics of Political Parties in Pakistan, by Muhammad Waseem3. The Judiciary as a Political Actor, by Philip Oldenburg4. Turmoil in the Frontier, by Mariam Abou Zahab5. Internal Security Issues in Pakistan: Prospects of Police and Law Enforcement Reform, by Hassan Abbas6. Pakistan's Economy: Domestic Dissent and Foreign Reliance, by Shahid Javed Burki and Dann NaseemullahPart II: The International Dimensions7. Pakistan-Afghan Relations Since 2001: There Are No Endgames, by Avinash Paliwal8. U.S.-Pakistan Relations Under Obama: Resilience of Clientelism?, by Christophe Jaffrelot9. Pakistan-China Symbiotic Relations, by Farah Jan and Serge Granger10. Pakistan Between Saudi Arabia and Iran: Islam in the Politics and Economics of Western Asia, by Sana HaroonIndex

Über Autor(innen)

Christophe Jaffrelot is research director at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)and teaches South Asian politics and history at Sciences Po (Paris). He is the author of Religion, Caste, and Politics in India, editor of The Emerging States: The Wellspring of a New World Order, and coeditor of Muslims in Indian Cities: Trajectories of Marginalisation and Armed Militias of South Asia: Fundamentalists, Maoists, and Separatists.