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"Political parties are integral to democracies. Yet, they frequently engage in violent behavior and form electoral alliances with non-state armed actors. When do parties engage in, or facilitate, violence and what determines the strategy of violence that they employ? Under the Gun explores these questions in the context of Pakistan"--
Inhaltsverzeichnis
1. Introduction: violence amid democracy; 2. The logic of party violence; 3. Setting the stage: violence, state capacity, and political representation in Pakistan; 4. Who owns the guns? The Muttahida Qaumi Movement and violence in Karachi; 5. The Pakistan People's Party and the gangs of Lyari, Karachi; 6. Allying with militants: the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz and sectarian groups in Punjab ; 7. An ideology of non-violence? The Awami National Party in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa; 8. Party violence in comparative perspective; 9. Conclusion: democracy amid violence.
Über den Autor / die Autorin
Niloufer A. Siddiqui is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy, University at Albany-State University of New York (SUNY). She is co-editor of Pakistan's Political Parties: Surviving between Dictatorship and Democracy (2020).
Zusammenfassung
Political parties are integral to democracies. Yet, they frequently engage in violent behavior and form electoral alliances with non-state armed actors. When do parties engage in, or facilitate, violence and what determines the strategy of violence that they employ? Under the Gun explores these questions in the context of Pakistan.
