Democratic Transition and Security in Pakistan (Asian Security Studies) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1138096458 ISBN 13: 9781138096455

Publisher: Routledge, 2017

Synopsis

This volume examines the trajectory of Pakistan’s democratic transition and the implications of this change for its security.

In May 2013, for the first time in its 66-year history, Pakistan saw an elected government complete a full term in office and transfer power through the ballot box to another civilian government. At this important moment in Pakistan’s history, this collection brings together twelve leading academics and writers with an aim to provide a far-reaching analysis of the current situation in Pakistan and emergent trends. Drawing on history, diverse theoretical perspectives, and empirical evidence, three themed sections deal respectively with democratic transition (including Islam and democracy, civil-military relations, and economics), contested borders and contested spaces (the Pashtun belt, Kashmir, and intra-Islamic conflict), and regionalism (bilateral relations from both Pakistani and Indian perspectives, US-Pakistan relations, and nuclear weapons dynamics). Together the contributors explore the status of Pakistan’s democratic transition, contemporary security dynamics, and wider regional security and political dynamics, and the complex interplay of the three, to provide a wide-ranging analysis of Pakistan’s contemporary national and regional challenges, its impact on the region, and evidence of some positive trends for Pakistan’s future.

The book will be of much interest to students of South Asian politics, Asian security, governance, and IR in general as well as policy-makers, diplomats, and military professionals.

About this title

About the Author

Shaun Gregory is Director of the Pakistan Security Research Unit (PSRU) and Director of the Durham Global Security Institute (DGSI), School of Government and International Affairs, Durham University, UK. He is co-editor of Pakistan: State and Society in Flux (Routledge 2013).

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1138096458
• ISBN 13: 9781138096455
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 318
• Editor: Gregory Shaun