03984nam 2200721Ia 450 991081324250332120200520144314.01-136-63933-01-283-46233-897866134623361-136-63934-90-203-80425-210.4324/9780203804254(CKB)2550000000096248(EBL)957409(OCoLC)798533097(SSID)ssj0000678607(PQKBManifestationID)11405185(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000678607(PQKBWorkID)10728836(PQKB)11757210(MiAaPQ)EBC957409(Au-PeEL)EBL957409(CaPaEBR)ebr10534918(CaONFJC)MIL346233(OCoLC)785783197(OCoLC)668197023(FINmELB)ELB139000(EXLCZ)99255000000009624820110304d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPakistan's stability paradox domestic, regional, and international dimensions /edited by Ashutosh Misra and Michael E. Clarke1st ed.Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon, [England] ;New York Routledgec20121 online resource (241 p.)Routledge contemporary South Asia series ;49Description based upon print version of record.0-415-72825-8 0-415-61948-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Pakistan's Stability Paradox: Domestic, regional and international dimensions; Copyright; Contents; List of contributors; Acknowledgements; Preface; Part I : Domestic dimensions; 1. Pakistan's triadic politics and chronic political instability: is democracy the panacea?; 2. Judicialization of politics and governance in Pakistan: constitutional and political challenges and the role of the Chaudhry Court; 3. What are they teaching them at school nowadays? Understanding hybrid seminaries and Pakistan's social revolution; 4. Women, media, equity and equality: the Pakistan context5. The militants' landscape: Pakistan's Islamist organizations and their impact on the body politicPart II : Regional dimensions; 6. The India-Pakistan peace process; 7. The state of jihadi organizations in Pakistan and their regional and international links; 8. Pakistan-Afghanistan relations; 9. The evolution of the Pakistani Taliban; Part III : International dimensions; 10. Pakistan-US relations: an inconvenient partnership of convenience; 11. Testing China's rise: China-Pakistan relations; 12. Pakistan and the 'four faces' of nuclear terrorism: a preliminary assessment; IndexPakistan, with the second largest Muslim population in the world, is a crucial country in the international system. It is an ally of the United States in the global 'war on terror' but is also regarded as a major bastion of some of the most active jihadist organisations. This book highlights and explores the paradoxes that characterise contemporary Pakistan from the simultaneous democratization and Islamization of civil society to the schizophrenic US-Pakistan relationship.The central theme of the book looks at Pakistan's stability paradox. Commentators and analysts have over recentRoutledge contemporary South Asia series ;49.Political stabilityPakistanPakistanPolitics and government1988-PakistanRelationsUnited StatesUnited StatesRelationsPakistanPolitical stability954.9105/3Misra Ashutosh1648091Clarke Michael E98883MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910813242503321Pakistan's stability paradox3996026UNINA