New Perspectives on Pakistan's Political Economy: State, Class and Social Change

doi:10.1017/9781108761154

This volume makes a major intervention in the debates around the nature of the political economy of Pakistan, focusing on its contemporary social dynamics. This is the first comprehensive academic analysis of Pakistan's political economy after thirty-five years, and addresses issues of state, class and society, examining gender, the middle classes, the media, the bazaar economy, urban spaces and the new elite. The book goes beyond the contemporary obsession with terrorism and extremism, political Islam, and simple 'civilian–military relations', and looks at modern-day Pakistan through the lens of varied academic disciplines. It not only brings together new work by some emerging scholars but also formulates a new political economy for the country, reflecting the contemporary reality and diversification in the social sciences in Pakistan. The chapters dynamically and dialectically capture emergent processes and trends in framing Pakistan's political economy and invite scholars to engage with and move beyond these concerns and issues.

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Frontmatter
pp i-vi
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Contents
pp vii-viii
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Preface
pp ix-x
- By Matthew McCartney, Economic Development of South Asia at SOAS between 2003 and 2011., S. Akbar Zaidi, Political Economist and has been Professor at Columbia University, New York
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Introduction
pp 1-24
- By Matthew McCartney, Economic Development of South Asia at SOAS between 2003 and 2011., S. Akbar Zaidi, Political Economist and has been Professor at Columbia University, New York
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1 - In a Desperate State: The Social Sciences and the Overdeveloped State in Pakistan, 1950 to 1983
pp 25-55
- By Matthew McCartney, Economic Development of South Asia at SOAS between 2003 and 2011.
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2 - The Overdeveloped Alavian Legacy
pp 56-74
- By Aasim Sajjad Akhtar, Associate Professor of Political Economy at the National Institute of Pakistan Studies, Quaid-i-Azam University
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3 - Institutions Matter: The State, the Military and Social Class
pp 75-92
- By Aqil Shah, Wick Cary Associate Professor of South Asian Politics
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4 - Class Is Dead but Faith Never Dies: Women, Islam and Pakistan
pp 93-109
- By Afiya Shehrbano Zia, Feminist researcher with a doctoral degree in Women and Gender Studies from the University of Toronto, Canada
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5 - The Amnesia of Genesis
pp 110-129
- By Adeem Suhail, Currently a doctoral candidate at the department of Anthropology at Emory University.
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6 - The Political Economy of Uneven State-Spatiality in Pakistan: The Interplay of Space, Class and Institutions
pp 130-152
- By Danish Khan, Keene State College in New Hampshire, USA.
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7 - An Evolving Class Structure? Pakistan's Ruling Classes and the Implications for Pakistan's Political Economy
pp 153-175
- By Rosita Armytage, Anthropologist and Research Fellow in the Department of Anthropology at Durham University
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8 - The Segmented ‘Rural Elite’: Agrarian Transformation and Rural Politics in Pakistani Punjab
pp 176-198
- By Muhammad Ali Jan, Junior Research Fellow at Wolfson College, University of Oxford, where he recently completed his DPhil from the Department of International Development.
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9 - Ascending the Power Structure: Bazaar Traders in Urban Punjab
pp 199-215
- By Umair Javed, Assistant Professor in Politics and Sociology at the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS).
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10 - Democracy and Patronage in Pakistan
pp 216-240
- By Hassan Javid, PhD in Sociology from the London School of Economics and Political Science, where he also spent some time as an LSE Fellow in Political Sociology.
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11 - From Overdeveloped State to Praetorian Pakistan: Tracing the Media's Transformations
pp 241-255
- By Farooq Sulehria, Assistant Professor at the Beaconhouse National University, Lahore.
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About the Contributors
pp 256-260
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Index
pp 261-275
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Contents

Frontmatter
pp i-vi

Contents
pp vii-viii

Preface
pp ix-x

Introduction
pp 1-24

1 - In a Desperate State: The Social Sciences and the Overdeveloped State in Pakistan, 1950 to 1983
pp 25-55

2 - The Overdeveloped Alavian Legacy
pp 56-74

3 - Institutions Matter: The State, the Military and Social Class
pp 75-92

4 - Class Is Dead but Faith Never Dies: Women, Islam and Pakistan
pp 93-109

5 - The Amnesia of Genesis
pp 110-129

6 - The Political Economy of Uneven State-Spatiality in Pakistan: The Interplay of Space, Class and Institutions
pp 130-152

7 - An Evolving Class Structure? Pakistan's Ruling Classes and the Implications for Pakistan's Political Economy
pp 153-175

8 - The Segmented ‘Rural Elite’: Agrarian Transformation and Rural Politics in Pakistani Punjab
pp 176-198

9 - Ascending the Power Structure: Bazaar Traders in Urban Punjab
pp 199-215

10 - Democracy and Patronage in Pakistan
pp 216-240

11 - From Overdeveloped State to Praetorian Pakistan: Tracing the Media's Transformations
pp 241-255

About the Contributors
pp 256-260

Index
pp 261-275

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