LEADER 03905oam 2200685I 450 001 9910457490803321 005 20210607201736.0 010 $a1-283-46233-8 010 $a9786613462336 010 $a1-136-63934-9 010 $a0-203-80425-2 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203804254 035 $a(CKB)2550000000096248 035 $a(EBL)957409 035 $a(OCoLC)798533097 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000678607 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11405185 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000678607 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10728836 035 $a(PQKB)11757210 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC957409 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL957409 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10534918 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL346233 035 $a(OCoLC)785783197 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000096248 100 $a20180706d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aPakistan's stability paradox $edomestic, regional and international dimensions /$fedited by Ashutosh Misra and Michael E. Clarke 210 1$aMilton Park, Abingdon, Oxon [England] ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2012. 215 $a1 online resource (241 p.) 225 1 $aRoutledge contemporary South Asia series ;$v49 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-72825-8 311 $a0-415-61948-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; 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 context 327 $a5. 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; Index 330 $aPakistan, with the second largest Muslim population in the world, is a crucial country in the international system. It is an ally of the United States in the global 'war on terror' but is also regarded as a major bastion of some of the most active jihadist organisations. This book highlights and explores the paradoxes that characterise contemporary Pakistan from the simultaneous democratization and Islamization of civil society to the schizophrenic US-Pakistan relationship.The central theme of the book looks at Pakistan's stability paradox. Commentators and analysts have over recent 410 0$aRoutledge contemporary South Asia series ;$v49. 606 $aPolitical stability$zPakistan 607 $aPakistan$xPolitics and government$y1988- 607 $aPakistan$xRelations$zUnited States 607 $aUnited States$xRelations$zPakistan 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aPolitical stability 676 $a954.9105/3 701 $aClarke$b Michael$f1977-$0852231 701 $aMisra$b Ashutosh$0852232 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910457490803321 996 $aPakistan's stability paradox$91903073 997 $aUNINA