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Pakistan's stability paradox : domestic, regional, and international dimensions / / edited by Ashutosh Misra and Michael E. Clarke



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Titolo: Pakistan's stability paradox : domestic, regional, and international dimensions / / edited by Ashutosh Misra and Michael E. Clarke Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon, [England] ; ; New York, : Routledge, c2012
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (241 p.)
Disciplina: 954.9105/3
Soggetto topico: Political stability - Pakistan
Soggetto geografico: Pakistan Politics and government 1988-
Pakistan Relations United States
United States Relations Pakistan
Altri autori: MisraAshutosh  
ClarkeMichael E  
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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 context
5. 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
Sommario/riassunto: Pakistan, 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
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ISBN: 1-136-63933-0
1-283-46233-8
9786613462336
1-136-63934-9
0-203-80425-2
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910813242503321
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Serie: Routledge contemporary South Asia series ; ; 49.