1st Edition
Layered Continuity in Pakistan’s Northwest Borderlands State, Power, and Political Economy
Chapter 1: State, Development, and the Tribal Periphery
Chapter 2: ex-FATA: History, Administration, and Tribal Structures
Chapter 3: Cultivating Development: State and Local Encounters in ex-FATA
Chapter 4: Brokered Development: Nikat, Maliks, and the Illusion of Participation in ex-FATA
Chapter 5: Fragmented Authority: Industrial Schemes and Mineral Wealth in ex-FATA
Chapter 6: Layered Reform: Aid, Corruption, and the Merger in Pakistan’s Tribal Areas
Chapter 7: From Reform to Merger: Fragmented Continuities in the Political Field
Chapter 8: Mapping Competition: The Micro-Contours of Political Competition
Chapter 9: Conclusion: Layered Continuity and the Reassembled State in ex-FATA
Biography
Alia Qaim Bukhari is an independent researcher and development and political economy practitioner with over a decade of experience. Her work focuses on postcolonial state-building and the reorganisation of power in traditional societies and borderlands. Trained in economics and development, she holds a PhD from Royal Holloway, University of London, and is currently working as a UK civil servant. She is the author of the Layered Continuity framework developed in this book.
“The book will provide an invaluable guide to understanding why state led, well-resourced, development programmes have not brought transformative change to the ex-FATA areas of Pakistan. It examines the interactions between state and society that have resulted in complexities and continuities surrounding attempts at economic ‘uplift’ and political transformation. The processes are analysed at both macro and micro levels by means of the use of an impressive array of documentary primary sources and fieldwork that spans the pre- and post-merger periods. Both the rich empirical data and the questioning of standard explanations makes the volume essential reading for scholars, students and policymakers of Pakistan.”
-- Ian Talbot, University of Southampton, UK
“A thorough, well-sourced analysis of how development efforts shaped Pukhtun tribal society before and after the FATA-Khyber Pakhtunkhwa merger. A very important contribution to research in this field.”
-- Antonio Giustozzi, Senior Research Fellow, Royal United Services Institute
“In this important study, Alia Qaim brings the story of Pakistan’s former Tribal Areas up to date, capturing its complexities and nuances with sophistication. Anyone studying or dealing with this vital part of the world must read this book.”
-- Akbar S. Ahmed, Distinguished Professor and Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic Studies, American University; Global Fellow, Wilson Center.
"Most writing on Pakistan’s former Tribal Areas has focused either on tribal institutions or on conflict and military operations. In [this book], Alia Qaim advances a more demanding and original framework, showing how successive political, economic, and administrative interventions have accumulated as layers rather than replacing one another. Drawing on painstaking research and historical depth, the book captures how reform, governance, and authority are negotiated through existing social and institutional strata, particularly in the wake of the merger. This is a valuable contribution for scholars and practitioners concerned with development and governance in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa tribal areas."
-- Shakil Durrani, Former Chief Secretary, Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (responsible for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas).
