Political Survival in Pakistan - Beyond Ideology

Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext This book explains key political choices by leaders and challengers in Pakistan through the political survival mechanism and offers an explanation for continuing polity weakness in the country. Offering a framework that incorporates macro forces into micro-level strategic calculations by key agents, it fills a gap in the literature. The study applies to cross-national comparison in Islamic contexts, thus presenting a counterpoint to studies that focus on ideology. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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

Product details

• Authors: Anas Malik, Anas (Xavier University Malik, Malik Anas
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.10.2010
• EAN: 9780415779241
• ISBN: 978-0-415-77924-1
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: Routledge Advances in South Asian Studies; Routledge Advances in South As; Routledge Advances in South Asian Studies; Routledge Advances in South As
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, International Relations, Political science & theory, Political structure & processes, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, Political science and theory, Indian sub-continent, Political structure and processes, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General