Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1 In a Desperate State: The Social Sciences and the Overdeveloped State in Pakistan, 1950 to 1983
- 2 The Overdeveloped Alavian Legacy
- 3 Institutions Matter: The State, the Military and Social Class
- 4 Class Is Dead but Faith Never Dies: Women, Islam and Pakistan
- 5 The Amnesia of Genesis
- 6 The Political Economy of Uneven State-Spatiality in Pakistan: The Interplay of Space, Class and Institutions
- 7 An Evolving Class Structure? Pakistan's Ruling Classes and the Implications for Pakistan's Political Economy
- 8 The Segmented ‘Rural Elite’: Agrarian Transformation and Rural Politics in Pakistani Punjab
- 9 Ascending the Power Structure: Bazaar Traders in Urban Punjab
- 10 Democracy and Patronage in Pakistan
- 11 From Overdeveloped State to Praetorian Pakistan: Tracing the Media's Transformations
- About the Contributors
- Index
About the Contributors
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 26 April 2019
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1 In a Desperate State: The Social Sciences and the Overdeveloped State in Pakistan, 1950 to 1983
- 2 The Overdeveloped Alavian Legacy
- 3 Institutions Matter: The State, the Military and Social Class
- 4 Class Is Dead but Faith Never Dies: Women, Islam and Pakistan
- 5 The Amnesia of Genesis
- 6 The Political Economy of Uneven State-Spatiality in Pakistan: The Interplay of Space, Class and Institutions
- 7 An Evolving Class Structure? Pakistan's Ruling Classes and the Implications for Pakistan's Political Economy
- 8 The Segmented ‘Rural Elite’: Agrarian Transformation and Rural Politics in Pakistani Punjab
- 9 Ascending the Power Structure: Bazaar Traders in Urban Punjab
- 10 Democracy and Patronage in Pakistan
- 11 From Overdeveloped State to Praetorian Pakistan: Tracing the Media's Transformations
- About the Contributors
- Index
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- New Perspectives on Pakistan's Political EconomyState, Class and Social Change, pp. 256 - 260Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019