This Handbook explains the reasons why Pakistan is so often at the forefront of our daily news intake, with a focus on religious and political factors. It asks questions regarding the institutions and political parties which govern Pakistan and provides an insight into the relationships which the country has forged since its creation.
FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand NewWith a population of 190 million, Pakistan is strategically located at the crossroads of the Middle East, Central and South Asia, and has the second largest Muslim population in the world. The Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Pakistan provides an in-depth and comprehensive coverage of issues from identity and the creation of Pakistan in 1947 to its external relations as well as its domestic social, economic and political issues and challenges. The Handbook is divided into the following sections:• Economy and development • External relations and security • Foundations and identity• Islam and Islamization• Military and jihad• Politics and institutions• Social issuesThe Handbook explains the reasons why Pakistan is so often at the forefront of our daily news intake, with a focus on religious and political factors. It asks questions regarding the institutions and political parties which govern Pakistan and provides an insight into the relationships which the country has forged since its creation, culminating in a discussion of the state's involvement in conflict. Covering a range of topics, this Handbook offers a wide range of perspectives on Pakistan. Bringing together a group of leading international scholars on Pakistan, the Handbook is a cutting-edge and interdisciplinary resource for those interested in studying Pakistani politics, economics, culture and society and South Asian Studies.
Aparna Pande is Research Fellow and Director of the Initiative on the Future of India and South Asia at the Hudson Institute, USA.
Introduction, Aparna Pande, Shefali Dhar and Sidhanta MehraPart I: Foundations and Identity1. Escaping India: Pakistan's Search for Identity, Aparna Pande2. Pashtunistan: Postcolonial Imaginaries Along Borderlands, 1947−57, Amna Qayuum3. Religion, Ethnicity and Violence in Pakistan, Muhammad Ismail Khan4. Jinnah's Pakistan: Debating the Nature of the State, 1947−49, Yaqoob Bangash5. The Encounter with Modernity in the Rural and Tribal Areas of Pakistan in Pakistani English Fiction, Muneeza Shamsie6. Cricket − What Unites Us, Ahmer NaqviPart II: Politics and Institutions7. Talk the Talk: Why Parties Walk and Matter (Even in Pakistan), K. Haroon Ullah8. A Weberian Perspective on the Nature of the State in Pakistan, Ajay Darshan Behera9. Profit, Protest, and Power: Bazaar Politics in Urban Pakistan, Umair Javed10. Judiciary in Crisis: Judicial Politics in Pakistan, Nida Paracha11. Pakistan's Patchwork of High Court Justice, Waris HusainPart III: Economy and Development12. Pakistan's Elite Capture and the State of Insecurity, Imtiaz Gul13. From Chaos to Building a Secure, Sustainable Energy Future, Atta Ali Malik14. Pakistan, the United States, and the Bretton Woods Institutions (BWIs): A Continuing Great Game?, Ehtesham Ahmad and Azizali Mohammad15. The Banking and Financial Sector of Pakistan, Feisal KhanPart IV: Social Issues16. Dissimilar Histories: History Curricula in Government and Elite Pakistani Schools, Madiha Afzal17. Pakistan's Philanthropic Education Alternative, Marie Lall18. Sanctioning Subordination? The Politics of Gender Laws Promulgation and Reform in Pakistan, Bushra AsifPart V: Islam and Islamization19. Explaining Support for Sectarian Terrorism in Pakistan: Piety, Maslak and Sharia, Christine Fair20. Pakistan's Descent into Religious Intolerance, Farahnaz Ispahani21. Competing Visions of Women's Rights in Pakistan: State, Civil Society and Islamist Groups, Anita WeissPart VI: Military and Jihad22. Wither Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde?, Mohammad Taqi23. Rules for the Double Game, Stephen Tankel24. Violent Non-State Actors in the Afghanistan−Pakistan Relationship: Historical Context and Future Prospects, Daveed Gartenstein-Ross and Tara Vassefi25. The Other Pakistan: Understanding the Military−Jihadi Complex, Pranay Kotasthane, Guru Aiyar and Nitin PaiPart VII: External Relations and Security26. India as a Factor in Pakistan's Policy, Savita Pande27. The Afghanistan−Pakistan Conundrum: History and a Likely Future Scenario with Focus on the Pashtun Areas, Farhat Taj and Syed Rashid Ali28. Iran and Pakistan: A Case of Keeping a Distance, Alex Vatanka29. Saudizing Pakistan: How Pakistan is Changing and what this means for South Asia and the World, Pervez Hoodbhoy30. Pakistan and the United States: Strategic Partnership, Discordant Goals, Teresita Schaffer and Howard Schaffer31. Pakistan and One Belt, One Road Initiative: Prospects for the China−Pakistan Economic Corridor, Andrew J. Small and Ben Lamont
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