Pakistan
Subtitle: democracy, development, and security issues
By: edited by Veena Kukreja, M.P. Singh.
Contributors: Kukreja, Veena.; Singh, Mahendra Prasad, 1943-
Publisher: Sage Publications; SAGE Publications Pvt. Ltd; SAGE Publications
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Thousand Oaks
Language: eng
Number of pages: 304
Subjects: Democracy -- Pakistan.; National security -- Pakistan.; Pakistan -- Politics and government -- 1988-; Pakistan -- Foreign relations.
Description: "Comprehensive in its treatment of both domestic politics in Pakistan and Indo-Pak relations and covering a large time span, this volume will be welcomed by students and scholars of Pakistan and South Asian studies, international relations, comparative politics, political sociology and economics."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Causes of democratic downslide in Pakistan / Mohammad Waseem; title: Pakistan since the 1999 coup : prospects of democracy / Veena Kukreja; title: Pakistan : Islamic ideology and the failed state? / Saleem M.M. Qureshi; title: Language, power, and ideology in Pakistan / Tariq Rahman; title: Pakistan : political economy of national security / Ayesha Siddiqa; title: Pakistan's political economy : misplaced priorities and economic uncertainties / Veena Kukreja; title: Pakistan : terrorism in historical perspective / Lawrence Ziring; title: Prospects of South Asian cooperation in the transformed world; title: post-11 September / J.N. Dixit; title: Reassessing Pakistan as a long term security threat / Satish Kumar; title: Cross-border terrorism : roadblock to peace initiative / Rajen Harshe; title: Peace process between India and Pakistan / M.P. Singh and Veena Kukreja.