New perspectives on Pakistan's political economy : state, class and social change / edited by Matthew McCartney, S. Akbar Zaidi.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

McCartney, Matthew, editor.

Zaidi, S. Akbar, editor.

Series:

South Asia in the social sciences.

South Asia in the social sciences

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pakistan--Economic conditions.

Pakistan.

Pakistan--Economic policy.

Pakistan--Social conditions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 275 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2019.

Summary:

This 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.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 24 Apr 2019).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781108763097

110876309X

9781108761154

1108761151