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This book brings a multi-disciplinary approach to studying Pakistan's contemporary political, social and environmental challenges. It offers insights from various disciplines to show the interconnectedness of many of Pakistan's problems and their historical roots.
List of contents
Introduction
Part One: The Political Landscape: Continuity and ChangeChapter 1 The Military at a Political Crossroad? Pakistan 2018-present
Chapter 2 Hybrid Regime Management in Pakistan 1947-2022
Chapter 3 Mapping Federalism in Pakistan
Chapter 4 Governance and Resistance in Pakistan's Peripheries: The Cases of Pakistan-Administered Kashmir, Balochistan, and Gilgit-Baltistan
Chapter 5 Politics of Extremism and the Emergence of the Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan
Chapter 6 Geopolitics, Security, and Imbalance in Pakistan's Foreign Policy: A historical perspective
Chapter 7 Political Economy of Crisis
Part Two: The Changing Social LandscapeChapter 8 Navigating through the Black Hole of Crises in the post-truth Era: A Curious Case of Pakistan's middle-class Youth
Chapter 9 Media and Election in Pakistan
Chapter 10 New Social Movements in Pakistan: Dynamics and Politics of
Aurat MarchChapter 11 Homo-Islamicus: piety, populism, and post-feminism in Pakistan
Chapter12 Pakistan and its diaspora(s): An exploration of Economic and Political Mobilization for the
homeland
Chapter 13 : The Case of
The Legend of Maula Jatt and
Joyland Chapter 14 Sport in Pakistan: Highs and Lows Amidst Structural Decline
Part Three: Environmental Challenges and ResponsesChapter 15 Pakistan's Water Resources: Availability Concerns, Disputes and Sub-Nationalism
Chapter 16 Forests, Climate Change and Politics in Pakistan: The PTI Tree Tsunami in North-West Pakistan
Chapter 17 Pakistan in the face of Climate Change: Current state of Risks, Resilience and Sustainability
About the author
Amit Ranjan is a Research Fellow at the Institute of South Asian Studies, National University of Singapore. His latest book is
The Aftermath of the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971: Enduring Impacts (edited with Taj Hashmi and Mazhar Abbas, Routledge, 2025). He has also edited
Migration, Memories and "Unfinished" Partition (TISS-Routledge series on Migration Studies, 2024) and is the author of
Federalism and Inter-State River Water Disputes in India (Routledge, London and New Delhi, 2023), and
Contested Waters: India's Transboundary River Water Disputes in South Asia (Routledge, Oxon and New Delhi, 2021).
Ian Talbot is Professor Emeritus in the History of Modern South Asia at the University of Southampton. He holds a BA at Royal Holloway College, an MA from Oxford University and a PhD at Royal Holloway College. He is a Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and was formerly Head of History at the University of Southampton.
