State and Civil Society in Pakistan
Politics of Authority, Ideology and Ethnicity
Part of the St Antony’s Series book series
About this book
Introduction
Problems of governance in Pakistan are rooted in a persistently unclear and antagonistic relationship among the forces of authority, ideology and ethnicity. Based on theoretical and empirical research this book focuses on significant themes such as the oligarchic state structure dominated by the military and bureaucracy, civil society, Islam and the formation of Muslim identity in British India, constitutional traditions and their subversion by coercive policies, politics of gender, ethnicity, and Muslim nationalism versus regional nationalisms as espoused by Sindhi nationalists and the Karachi-based Muhajir Qaumi Movement (MQM).
Keywords
constitution culture desegregation gender governance government identity Integration Nation nationalism Pakistan politics society Tradition work
Bibliographic information
- DOI https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230376298
- Copyright Information Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 1997
- Publisher Name Palgrave Macmillan, London
- eBook Packages Palgrave Political & Intern. Studies Collection
- Print ISBN 978-1-349-39604-7
- Online ISBN 978-0-230-37629-8
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