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Pakistan at the Crossroads: Domestic Dynamics and External Pressures
Christoph Jaffrelot
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Description for Pakistan at the Crossroads: Domestic Dynamics and External Pressures
Hardback. Editor(s): Jaffrelot, Christophe. Series: Religion, Culture and Public Life. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKP; JPH; JPS; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
In Pakistan at the Crossroads, top international scholars assess Pakistan's politics and economics and the challenges faced by its civil and military leaders domestically and diplomatically. Contributors examine the state's handling of internal threats, tensions between civilians and the military, strategies of political parties, police and law enforcement reform, trends in judicial activism, the rise of border conflicts, economic challenges, financial entanglements with foreign powers, and diplomatic relations with India, China, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, and the United States. In addition to ethnic strife in Baluchistan and Karachi, terrorist violence in Pakistan in response to the American-led military intervention ... Read more
In Pakistan at the Crossroads, top international scholars assess Pakistan's politics and economics and the challenges faced by its civil and military leaders domestically and diplomatically. Contributors examine the state's handling of internal threats, tensions between civilians and the military, strategies of political parties, police and law enforcement reform, trends in judicial activism, the rise of border conflicts, economic challenges, financial entanglements with foreign powers, and diplomatic relations with India, China, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, and the United States. In addition to ethnic strife in Baluchistan and Karachi, terrorist violence in Pakistan in response to the American-led military intervention ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Series
Religion, Culture and Public Life
Condition
New
Weight
625g
Number of Pages
360
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231173063
SKU
V9780231173063
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Ref
99-15
About Christoph Jaffrelot
Christophe Jaffrelot is research director at the Centre de recherches internationales (CERI) and Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS). He teaches South Asian politics at Sciences Po (Paris) and King's College (London). His books on Pakistan include Pakistan: Nationalism Without a Nation? (2002), A History of Pakistan and Its Origins (2004), and The Pakistan Paradox: Instability and Resilience (2015). ... Read more
Reviews for Pakistan at the Crossroads: Domestic Dynamics and External Pressures
Pakistan at the Crossroads is a fresh and important contribution to the understanding of Pakistan, a country that for the foreseeable future will remain critical both to the struggle with Islamist extremism and to the geopolitics of Asia.
Anatol Lieven, Georgetown University Qatar, author of Pakistan: A Hard Country Pakistan at the Crossroads provides a diverse collection of articles ... Read more
Anatol Lieven, Georgetown University Qatar, author of Pakistan: A Hard Country Pakistan at the Crossroads provides a diverse collection of articles ... Read more