Development Without Politics, Or, Transforming Pakistani Society, Economy and Culture with Knowledge and Know-how
Author: Mazhar-ul-Haq
Publisher:
Published: 1994
Total Pages: 811
ISBN-13:
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New Perspectives on Pakistan's Political Economy
Author: Matthew McCartney
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2019-07-31
Total Pages: 275
ISBN-13: 110876309X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume makes a major intervention in the debates around the nature of the political economy of Pakistan, focusing on its contemporary social dynamics. This is the first comprehensive academic analysis of Pakistan's political economy after thirty-five years, and addresses issues of state, class and society, examining gender, the middle classes, the media, the bazaar economy, urban spaces and the new elite. The book goes beyond the contemporary obsession with terrorism and extremism, political Islam, and simple 'civilian–military relations', and looks at modern-day Pakistan through the lens of varied academic disciplines. It not only brings together new work by some emerging scholars but also formulates a new political economy for the country, reflecting the contemporary reality and diversification in the social sciences in Pakistan. The chapters dynamically and dialectically capture emergent processes and trends in framing Pakistan's political economy and invite scholars to engage with and move beyond these concerns and issues.
Pakistan - Social and Cultural Transformations in a Muslim Nation
Author: Mohammad Qadeer
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2006-11-22
Total Pages: 408
ISBN-13: 1134186169
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is the first English-language survey of Pakistan’s socio-economic evolution. Mohammad Qadeer gives an essential overview of social and cultural transformation in Pakistan since independence, which is crucial to understanding Pakistan’s likely future direction. Pakistan examines how tradition and family life continue to contribute long term stability, and explores the areas where very rapid changes are taking place: large population increase, urbanization, economic development, and the nature of civil society and the state. It offers an insightful view into Pakistan, exploring the wide range of ethnic groups, the countryside, religion and community, and popular culture and national identity. It concludes by discussing the likely future social development in Pakistan, captivating students and academics interested in Pakistan and multiculturalism. Qadeer’s impressive work is a comprehensive examination of social and cultural forces in Pakistani society, and is an important resource for anyone wanting to understand contemporary Pakistan.
Issues in Pakistan's Economy
Author: S. Akbar Zaidi
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 552
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book is the main text for post-graduate courses on South Asia's development, economic history and on its political economy. For researchers on Pakistan's economy, it is the key source for reference, and covers a huge and diverse array of data, literature reviews, commentary and analysis.
Civil Society and Pakistan's Economy
Author: Fayyaz Baqir
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2023-03-17
Total Pages: 229
ISBN-13: 1000853861
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book analyses the paradoxes of Pakistan’s economy, meritocratic domestic policy, and the role of the state and the civil society. It argues that the transition in the county’s foreign policy from geo-politics to geo-economic depends on a fundamental domestic policy transition from kleptocracy to meritocracy. Civil Society and Pakistan’s Economy discusses how the prevalence of rent-seeking practices has undermined merit-based practices by increasing the cost of doing business and converting public loss into private profit by awarding inappropriate subsidies and imposing regressive taxes. The analyses are supported by describing the instruments and mechanisms used for rent-seeking practices and the creation of public awareness of options available to change these practices through citizen’s action and civil society engagement. The book also shows the path of transformation and the role of participation and argues that aspiring for and capturing power is not the only way to transform Pakistan. A novel analysis depicting macro-micro linkages of encroachment of socio-economic space by the power elites and effective strategies used for its reappropriation by the people, the book will be of interest to academics researching South Asian Studies, in particular South Asian economics and politics.
Culture, Class, And Development In Pakistan
Author: Anita M. Weiss
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2019-04-11
Total Pages: 178
ISBN-13: 0429714289
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book is concerned with social change in Pakistan, particularly the relationship between indigenous sociocultural orientations, the development process, and the rise of a new middle-level entrepreneurial class in the Punjab.
Development Challenges of Pakistan
Author: Jamil Nasir
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published:
Total Pages: 624
ISBN-13: 9819730643
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Challenge of Enlightenment, Conflict Transformation and Peace in Pakistan
Author: Moonis Ahmar
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2023-11-17
Total Pages: 146
ISBN-13: 1003802621
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book looks at the process of cultural enlightenment in the context of Pakistan. It undertakes an interesting and in-depth research focusing on how the world’s second largest Muslim state can learn from Europe’s heritage of enlightenment. It studies why Pakistan lacks a process of awakening and what the scope of cultural enlightenment in Pakistan is against the backdrop of militant Islam. The author argues that cultural enlightenment can help promote positive conflict transformation in Pakistan and discusses the ways in which challenges to establishing a culture of reasoning, tolerance, accommodation, social justice and peace can be dealt with. A unique contribution, this book will be of interest to students and researchers of philosophy, political science, history, international relations, South Asian studies and religious studies. It will also appeal to think tanks, policymakers and general readers interested in these topics.
Islam and Pakistan's Political Culture
Author: Farhan Mujahid Chak
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2014-09-04
Total Pages: 225
ISBN-13: 1317657934
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book explores the ideological rivalry which is fuelling political instability in Muslim polities, discussing this in relation to Pakistan. It argues that the principal dilemma for Muslim polities is how to reconcile modernity and tradition. It discusses existing scholarship on the subject, outlines how Muslim political thought and political culture have developed over time, and then relates all this to Pakistan’s political evolution, present political culture, and growing instability. The book concludes that traditionalist and secularist approaches to reconciling modernity and tradition have not succeeded, and have in fact led to instability, and that a revivalist approach is more likely to be successful.
Towards Knowledge Societies
Author: Jérôme Bindé
Publisher: Unesco
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 232
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKUrges governments to expand quality education for all, increase community access to information and communication technology, and improve cross-border scientific knowledge-sharing, in an effort to narrow the digital and "knowledge" divides between the North and South and move towards a "smart" form of sustainable human development.
