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Civil society and Pakistan's economy : robber barons and meritocracy / edited by Fayyaz Baqir.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Routledge contemporary South Asia series ; 156.
- Routledge contemporary South Asia series ; 156
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Civil society--Pakistan.
- Civil society.
- Elite (Social sciences)--Pakistan.
- Elite (Social sciences).
- Power (Social sciences)--Pakistan.
- Power (Social sciences).
- Pakistan--Economic policy--21st century.
- Pakistan.
- Pakistan--Economic conditions--21st century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xvii, 227 pages) : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2023.
- Biography/History:
- Fayyaz Baqir is a Development Practitioner and a visiting scholar at the University of Ottawa, Canada. He served as senior advisor on civil society at the United Nations and CEO of Trust for Voluntary Organizations. He received top contributors' awards from the UNDP's global poverty reduction network.
- Contents:
- <P>Introduction;<B> </B>Chapter 1 Economic Vision of Pakistani Elites and Challenges of Transition from Patronage to Participatory Practices, <I>Fayyaz Baqir; </I>Chapter 2 Politics of Constitution Making in Pakistan: Why Religion and Authoritarianism are Hands in Glove? <I>Hassan Abbas; </I>Chapter 3 Development and Planning Administration: Where Checks and Balance Fail? <I>Mukhtar Ahmad Ali; </I>Chapter 4 Management of Resources and Revenues: Transformation or Regression? <I>Uzair Younus, Imran Ahmad; </I>Chapter 5 Incidence of Taxes: Who Bears How Much Burden? <I>Ikram ul Haq; </I>Chapter 6 Pakistan's Achilles' Heel: Under Allocation, Underspending or Underperformance? <I>Hassan Bilal; </I>Chapter 7 Feminist Discourse and Rent Seeking Under Patriarchy, <I>Saifullah Chaudhry; </I>Chapter 8 Non-profit Sector and Informal Economy: Entrepreneurial Spirit in Action, <I>Sayyeda Zainub Razvi; </I>Chapter 9 Digital Economy, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation, <I>Sarra Latif; </I>Chapter 10 Globalization, Global Jihad and Civil Society, <I>Jennifer Bennet; </I>Chapter 11 Limitations of the Political Discourse, <I>Samar Raghib, Sara Khan, Amna Khan</P></I>
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 04, 2023).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Civil society and Pakistan's economy
- ISBN:
- 9781003302896
- 1003302890
- 9781000853834
- 1000853837
- 9781000853865
- 1000853861
- Publisher Number:
- 40031677086
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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