256 Pages
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Routledge
256 Pages
by
Routledge
256 Pages
by
Routledge
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First published in 1988. This is the first serious academic study of the economic and political development of Pakistan between 1947, the birth of the State, and 1990. First published in 1988 as The Political Economy of Pakistan, this edition has been updated to cover General Zia's death and the start of Benazir Bhutto's government. This book provides an excellent introduction to Pakistan and is... Read more
INTRODUCTION, Preface, Key Social Indicators, Chronology of Major Political Events, Map of Pakistan, PART ONE: FROM PARTITION TO CIVIL WAR 1947-71, Chapter 1: 1947-1958 ... The Disenchantment with Freedom, Chapter 2: Military Rule and Civil War, PART TWO: AUTHORITARIAN POPULISM UNDER BHUTTO, 1971-77, Chapter 1: Political Development under the PPP, Chapter 2: Economic Developments and their Consequences, Chapter 3: Populism and Ideology, PART THREE: MILITARY RULE UNDER ZIA, 1977-88, Chapter 1: Strategies for Self-Preservation, Chapter 2: A Military Theocracy, Chapter 3: Economic Developments, Chapter 4: Ethnic Conflict, Chapter 5: The Role of the State, Chapter 6: Benazir Bhutto, Bibliography, Index
Biography
Omar Noman's university education, in economics and politics, was spread over Karachi University, St John's College, University of Oxford, London School of Economics and Queen's University, Canada. He has been a consultant to the United Nations, the World Bank and the Swiss Government, and is currently Director of the Economic Policy Research Unit, Lahore and Research Associate, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford.
