3rd Edition

Pakistan Fifty Years Of Nationhood, Third Edition

By Shahid Javed Burki Copyright 1999
272 Pages
by Routledge

276 Pages
by Routledge

276 Pages
by Routledge

Although it achieved independence in 1947, Pakistan still has not succeeded in integrating its diverse peoples into a nation?as its short yet turbulent history vividly demonstrates. The nation's search for stability is traced in this revised and updated introduction to Pakistan's political, economic, and social development. New chapters detail political developments since 1991, including the... Read more
* Birth: August 14, 1947 * Political Development: Continuing Search for Stability * Economic Development: Continuing Postponement of Structural Change * Social Development: Missed Opportunities * Governance, Corruption, and Development: Some Major Obstacles to Growth and Modernization * Foreign Relations: Searching for a New Identity * An Uncertain Future

Biography

Shahid Javed Burki