Pakistan - Fifty Years of Nationhood, Third Edition

Although it achieved independence in 1947, Pakistan still has not succeeded in integrating its diverse peoples into a nation. The nation's search for stability is traced in this introduction to Pakistan's political, economic and social development.

List of contents

* Birth: August 14, 1947 * Political Development: Continuing Search for Stability * Economic Development: Continuing Postponement of Structural Change * Social Development: Missed Opportunities * Governance, Corruption, and Development: Some Major Obstacles to Growth and Modernization * Foreign Relations: Searching for a New Identity * An Uncertain Future

About the author

Shahid Javed Burki

Summary

Although it achieved independence in 1947, Pakistan still has not succeeded in integrating its diverse peoples into a nation. The nation's search for stability is traced in this introduction to Pakistan's political, economic and social development.

Product details

• Authors: Shahid Javed Burki, Burki Shahid Javed
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 07.05.2019
• EAN: 9780367096328
• ISBN: 978-0-367-09632-8
• No. of pages: 275
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Asia, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, Politics & government, Politics and government