Pakistan at seventy : a handbook on developments in economics, politics and society /: a handbook on developments in economics, politics and society. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Shahid Javed Burki, Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury, Asad Ejaz Butt.
• Editors: Burki, Shahid Javed; Chowdhury, Iftekhar Ahmed; Butt, Asad Ejaz
• Contents: 1 An overview Shahid Javed Burki; PART I Politics, theory and practice 2 The Pakistan story Shahid Javed Burki; 3 Unintended consequences: The long shadow of Partition on Pakistan and India Subrata K. Mitra; 4 Evolution of politics Shirin Tahir-Kheli; 5 Islam, society and politics in Pakistan Riaz Hassan; 6 Sustained political progress: The supportive role of the military Jehangir Karamat; 7 The media in Pakistan: Idiom, ideology and the army Khaled Ahmed; PART II Pakistan’s dependence on the outside world 8 Pakistan, power-play and a new South Asian paradigm Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury; 9 The making of foreign policy: Changing parameters Aziz Ahmad Khan; 10 Living in a rapidly changing world Shahid Javed Burki; 11 Defenders of the crescent: Pakistan-Saudi Arabia relations Farah Jan; 12 Adversarial peace: India–Pakistan nuclear rivalry Farah Jan; 13 A potential game changer: The China–Pakistan Economic Corridor Daud Ahmad; PART III Economic development and the importance of good governance 14 Macroeconomic achievements and challenges Masood Ahmed; 15 History of the development discourse in Pakistan Asad Ejaz Butt; 16 Recent economic developments and prospects Farrukh Iqbal; 17 Economic governance Ishrat Husain; 18 Praetorian bureaucratization of the political system and politicization of bureaucracy Shahid Najam Contents; PART IV Social underdevelopment 19 Getting technology to work for social development Ayub Ghauri; 20 Akhuwat: New microcredit stories Muhammad Saleem Ahmad Ranjha; 21 Private sector in education Shahid Kardar; 22 Educating and employing women Nasreen Kasuri; PART V Energy and the environment 23 The downward spiral of the quality of life in Pakistan: Is control possible, or even desired? Kulsum Ahmed; 24 Water problems and solutions Mahmood Ahmad; 25 Ways of solving the energy problem Ziad Alahdad; PART VI Conclusion 26 The last word Shahid Javed Burki; 27 Postscript Shahid Javed Burki and Asad Ejaz Butt
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 954.9105; Pakistan -- History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780429762109; 9780429762116; 9780429762093; 9780429426810
• Related ISBNs: 9781857439847
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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