Political Conflict In Pakistan

Author : Mohammad Waseem
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2022-04-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780197654262

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Political Conflict in Pakistan by Mohammad Waseem Pdf

This book is a major reinterpretation of politics in Pakistan. Its focus is conflict among groups, communities, classes, ideologies and institutions, which has shaped the country's political dynamics. Mohammad Waseem critically examines the theory surrounding the millennium-long conflict between Hindus and Muslims as separate nations who practiced mingled faiths, and the Hindu, Muslim and Sikh renaissances that created a twentieth-century clash of communities and led to partition. Political Conflict in Pakistan addresses multiple clashes: between the high culture as a mission to transform society, and the low culture of the land and the people; between those committed to the establishment's institutional constitutional framework and those seeking to dismantle the "colonial" state; between the corrupt and those seeking to hold them to account; between the political class and the middle class; and between civil and military power. The author exposes how the ruling elite centralised power through the militarisation and judicialization of politics, rendering the federalist arrangement an empty shell and thus grossly alienating the provinces. He sets all this within the contexts of education and media as breeders of conflict, the difficulties of establishing an anti-terrorist regime, and the state's pragmatic attempts at conflict resolution by seeking to keep the outsiders inside. This is a wide-ranging account of a country of contestations.

Author : Kalim Bahadur
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Pakistan
ISBN : 8124100837

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Democracy in Pakistan by Kalim Bahadur Pdf

Author : Rizwan Zeb
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 367 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2019-12-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000729924

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Ethno-political Conflict in Pakistan by Rizwan Zeb Pdf

This book critically examines the causes of the increase in insurgent violence in Balochistan and explores the relations between the national government of Pakistan and the province of Balochistan. Based on historical analysis, the book argues that the national government of Pakistan and the leaders of Balochistan both use a standard narrative when dealing with each other. According to the Baloch narrative, Islamabad exploits Balochistan’s natural resources without giving Balochistan its due share and has never accepted and granted Balochistan equal rights. The centre’s narrative emphasizes the tribal character of the Baloch society and suggests that the Baloch elite hinder Balochistan’s integration with the federation. This book demonstrates that both narratives are inherently flawed and presents a precipitous picture of the problem of insurgent violence. It also shows that the Baloch leadership is divided along tribal lines and lacks a unified voice and proposes that the Baloch elite use the narrative of enduring injustice only as a source of politicization of Baloch ethnicity when an actual or perceived injustice is taking place. An important addition to the literature on ethno-political conflicts, this unique analysis of the importance of narrative in the imagination of political movements will be of interest to scholars in the fields of South Asian studies, ethnic conflicts, separatist and political movements and Asian politics.

Author : Ali Abbas Hasanie
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 141 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781481790680

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Democracy in Pakistan by Ali Abbas Hasanie Pdf

This book is a collection of the author's articles, statements and press releases that have been published in newspapers in Pakistan and abroad. He felt compelled to speak up against deplorable conditions in Pakistan and offer some practical advice after having carefully analyzed the current political situation as well as the history of Pakistan along with its constitution.

Author : Kalim Siddiqui
Publisher : Springer
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1972-06-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9781349013395

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Conflict, Crisis and War in Pakistan by Kalim Siddiqui Pdf

Author : Gilles Dorronsoro,Olivier Grojean
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2018-06-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780190934682

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Identity, Conflict And Politics In Turkey, Iran And Pakistan by Gilles Dorronsoro,Olivier Grojean Pdf

Ethnic and religious identity-markers compete with class and gender as principles shaping the organization and classification of everyday life. But how are an individual's identity-based conflicts transformed and redefined? Identity is a specific form of social capital, hence contexts where multiple identities obtain necessarily come with a hierarchy, with differences, and hence with a certain degree of hostility. The contributors to this book examine the rapid transformation of identity hierarchies affecting Iran, Pakistan and Turkey, a symptom of political fractures, social-economic transformation, and new regimes of subjectification. They focus on the state's role in organizing access to resources, with its institutions often being the main target of demands, rather than competing social groups. Such con- texts enable entrepreneurs of collective action to exploit identity differences, which in turn help them to expand the scale of their mobilization and to align local and national conflicts. The authors also examine how identity-based violence may be autonomous in certain contexts, and serve to prime collective action and transform the relations between communities.

Author : Akbar S. Ahmed
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Islam and politics
ISBN : OCLC:18597793

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Religion and Politics in Muslim Society by Akbar S. Ahmed Pdf

Author : Veena Kukreja
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2003-02-24
Category : History
ISBN : 0761996834

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Contemporary Pakistan by Veena Kukreja Pdf

Veena Kukreja provides a rare reasoned analysis of the political processes at work in contemporary Pakistan and an objective understanding of the problems and crises confronting the country. The author points out that for 25 out of the 53 years of its existence, the military has been the arbiter of Pakistan`s destiny. The military, she maintains, regards its dominance of Pakistani politics not only as a right but as a duty. As a result, state security has taken precedence over the need to create participatory political processes and institutions. The book points out that the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001 and the resulting US offensive in Afghanistan, has put the military regime in Islamabad in a tight spot. Caught between unyielding ulemas, a faltering economy, and American pressure to demolish militant networks in Pakistan, these recent developments combined with the dangerous cleavage within Pakistani society-could well push that country into another bout of instability and even anarchy. The situation is made more complex by the nexus between terrorism and drugs .

Author : Wajahat Habibullah
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 16 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : India
ISBN : UOM:39015052698555

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The Political Economy of the Kashmir Conflict by Wajahat Habibullah Pdf

Author : Akbar S. Ahmed
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1983-10-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0521246350

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Religion and Politics in Muslim Society by Akbar S. Ahmed Pdf

This analysis of Muslim unrest is based on an extended case study of northwestern Pakistan. Professor Ahmed examines power, authority, and religious status as the critical intermediary level of society: that of the district or Agency, which was the key unit of administration in British India. Amhed has joined his insights as anthropologist with his experience as a political agent in Waziristan to produce an innovative and detailed work. The book focuses on the emergence of a mullah in Waziristan who challenges the state. A religious leader's challenge of the state is not new; but contemporary Muslim society's widespread concern over these conflicts reveals that the influence of religion in a traditional society undergoing modernization is greater than many scholars have assumed. The author identifies three types of leaders: traditional leaders, usually elders; representatives of the established state authority; and religious functionaries. From this analysis he constructs an 'Islamic district paradigm,' which he uses not only in making sense of contemporary Muslim society, but also in understanding some aspects of the legacy of the colonial encounter.

Author : K. Adeney
Publisher : Springer
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2016-01-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780230601949

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Federalism and Ethnic Conflict Regulation in India and Pakistan by K. Adeney Pdf

Katharine Adeney demonstrates that institutional design is the most important explanatory variable in understanding the different intensity and types of conflict in the two countries rather than the role of religion. Adeney examines the extent to which previous constitutional choices explain current day conflicts.

Author : Douglas Allen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Asia del Sur - Religión
ISBN : 0195633385

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Religion and Political Conflict in South Asia by Douglas Allen Pdf

Author : Lars Blinkenberg
Publisher : København : Munksgaard
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : India
ISBN : UOM:39015005503217

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India-Pakistan by Lars Blinkenberg Pdf

Author : Vinzent Wanner
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
Page : 8 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2020-01-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783346102287

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Kashmir Conflict. Recent Developments and Interpretation by Vinzent Wanner Pdf

Seminar paper from the year 2019 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Region: Near East, Near Orient, grade: 1,3, , language: English, abstract: The Kashmir conflict arose parallel to the partition of British India in 1947, so it is as old as the Indian Union and Pakistan itself. Both India and Pakistan are claiming the entire sovereignty over the former princely state of Jammu and Kashmir with India having control over approximately 55% of the land area and Pakistan 30%. China, which is controlling a small area of the region, is involved in the conflict as a third party. The conflict, more than 50 years old, not only survived the Cold War, it was the direct and indirect cause for three wars between India and Pakistan, for an arms race that continues to this day and for the transformation of both states into nuclear powers. This regional conflict is unique because Pakistan has already threatened India with the use of nuclear weapons on several occasions - even in the event of a massive conventional attack by India. Over the course of five decades, the conflict has become an integral part of the respective national and, in the case of India, democratic self-image and political consensus. India bases its democratic self-image on the thesis of the one, the secular nation. The state of Jammu and Kashmir is the only one with a Muslim majority and thus formally underpins India's claim to overcoming Hindu-Muslim antagonism.

Author : T. V. Paul
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2005-11-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0521855195

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The India-Pakistan Conflict by T. V. Paul Pdf

India-Pakistan rivalry remains one of the most enduring and unresolved conflicts of our times. It began with the birth of the two states in 1947, and it has continued ever since, with the periodic resumption of wars and crises. The conflict has affected every dimension of interstate and societal relations between the two countries and, despite occasional peace initiatives, shows no signs of abating. This volume brings together leading experts in international relations theory and comparative politics to explain the persistence of this rivalry. Their analysis offers possible conditions under which the rivalry could be terminated.