Crafty Oligarchs, Savvy Voters Democracy Under Inequality in Rural Pakistan

Looks at voting behaviour in Pakistan to understand how democracy empowers marginalized voters under conditions of inequality.

Info autore

Shandana Khan Mohmand is a Research Fellow at the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, and an Associate Fellow at the Institute of Development and Economic Alternatives in Pakistan. Her research and writings explore the fields of political participation, inequality, and the political economy of public policy and service delivery. She has contributed to both policy and social science research in these areas.

Riassunto

This book looks at why rural Pakistani citizens vote despite their limited political agency owing to high levels of socio-economic inequality. It finds that electoral politics enables marginalized voters to strategically further their interests vis-à-vis elite groups, but that persistent inequality limits their ability to organize or compete.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Shandana Khan (University of Sussex) Mohmand, Shandana Khan Mohmand, Shandana (University of Sussex) Khan Mohmand, Shandana Khan Mohmand
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Copertina rigida
• Data pubblicazione: 31.12.2018
• Categoria: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche e cittadinanza attiva
• EAN: 9781108473637
• ISBN: 978-1-108-47363-7
• Numero di pagine: 320
• Serie: South Asia in the Social Sciences; South Asia in the Social Scien > 8; South Asia in the Social Sciences; South Asia in the Social Scien > 8
• Categorie: Pakistan; Sociology; POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / General; Political structures: democracy; Political structures / systems: democracy