256 Pages
by
Routledge
256 Pages
7 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
Presenting a framework that incorporates macro-level forces into micro-level strategic calculations, this book explains key political choices by leaders and challengers in Pakistan through the political survival mechanism. It offers an explanation for continuing polity weakness in the country, and describes how political survival shapes the choices made by the leaders and challengers.
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1. Political Survival in a Weak State 2. Weak State, Strong Society, Negotiable Polity 3. Leadership and Extraction 4. Challengers in a Weak Polity 5. Quasi-States, Extraction, and Governance 6. Conclusion
Biography
Anas Malik is a political scientist at Xavier University, USA. His research interests include the political economy of development and political Islam, with a focus on South Asia and the Middle East.
