Title: Routledge handbook of contemporary Pakistan /
Authors: Pande, Aparna,
Year: 2018
Subjects: Islam and politics Pakistan.; Diplomatic relations.; Economic history; Islam and politics; Politics and government.; Social conditions.; Pakistan Politics and government.; Pakistan Foreign relations.; Pakistan Social conditions; Pakistan Economic conditions.; Pakistan
Abstract: "With 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 Issues. The 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"--eCIP data view.
Contents: Introduction / Aparna Pande, Shefali Dhar, and Sidhanta Mehra -- Escaping India: Pakistan's search for identity / Aparna Pande -- Pakhtunistan: postcolonial imaginaries along borderlands, 1947-57 / Amna Qayuum -- Religion, ethnicity and violence in Pakistan / Muhammad Ismail Khan -- Jinnah's Pakistan: debating the nature of the state, 1947-49 / Yaqoob Bangash -- The encounter with modernity in the rural and tribal areas of Pakistan in Pakistani English fiction / Muneeza Shamsie -- Cricket, what unites us / Ahmer Naqvi -- Talk the talk: why parties walk and matter / K. Haroon Ullah -- A Weberian perspective on the nature of the state in Pakistan / Ajay Darshan Behera -- Profit, protest, and power: bazaar politics in urban Pakistan / Umair Javed -- Judiciary in crisis: judicial politics in Pakistan / Nida Paracha -- Pakistan's patchwork of high court justice / Waris Husain -- Pakistan's elite capture and the state of insecurity / Imtiaz Gul --^