1st Edition

Pakistan's Democratic Transition Change and Persistence

Edited By Ishtiaq Ahmad, Adnan Rafiq Copyright 2017
260 Pages
by Routledge

260 Pages 16 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

260 Pages 16 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Politics in Pakistan has traditionally been understood in the context of civil-military relationship. In May 2013, for the first time in history, Pakistan saw an elected government complete a full term in office and transfer power through the ballot box to another civilian government. In view of such an important development, this book offers critical perspectives on Pakistan’s current... Read more

Introduction 



1. Pakistan’s Third Democratic Transition



2. Enduring Challenges to Democracy



3. Mapping the ‘Establishment’



4. New Politics of the Middle Class



5. Social Drivers of Democratic Change



6. Military, Militancy, and the Crisis of Governance



7. Pluralist Society Vs. Monist State



8. Judicial Activism, and the Rule of Law



9. Demographic Dividend, and Democracy



10. Understanding the Baloch Ethnic Question post 18th Amendment



11. The Challenges of a Resilient Economy



12. Civil-Military Convergence for Stability



13. Great Powers, Military Supremacy, and Persistent Contestation

Biography

Ishtiaq Ahmad is Director of the School of Politics and International Relations at Quaid-i-Azam University in Islamabad, Pakistan.





Adnan Rafiq is DPhil candidate at the Department of Politics and International Relations at University of Oxford, UK.