Pakistan at seventy a handbook on developments in economics, politics and society / edited by Shahid Javed Burki with Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury.
| Other author | Burki, Shahid Javed. |
| Other author | Chowdhury, Iftekhar Ahmed. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2019. |
| Description | pages cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Taylor & Francis eBooks |
| Subjects |
| Series | Europa emerging economies |
| Contents | An overview / Shahid Javed Burki -- The Pakistan story / Shahid Javed Burki -- Unintended consequences : the long shadow of partition on Pakistan and India / Subrata K. Mitra -- Evolution of politics / Shirin Tahir-Kheli -- Islam, society and politics in Pakistan / Riaz Hassan -- Sustained political progress : the supportive role of the military / Jehangir Karamat -- Media in Pakistan : idiom, ideology and the army / Khaled Ahmed -- Pakistan, power-play and a new South Asian paradigm / Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury -- Making of foreign policy : changing parameters / Aziz Ahmad Khan -- Taking stock : Pakistan-India relations / Khurshid Kasuri -- Living in a rapidly changing world / Shahid Javed Burki -- Defenders of the crescent : Pakistan-Saudi Arabia relations / Farah Jan -- Adversarial peace : India-Pakistan nuclear rivalry / Farah Jan -- A potential game changer : the China Pakistan economic corridor / Daud Ahmad -- Macroeconomic achievements and challenges / Masood Ahmed -- History of the development discourse in Pakistan / Asad Ejaz Butt -- Recent economic developments and prospects / Farrukh Iqbal -- Economic governance / Ishrat Husain -- Praetorian bureaucratization of political system and politicization of bureaucracy / Shahid Najam -- Getting technology to work for social development / Ayub Ghauri -- Akhwuat : new microcredit stories / Muhammad Saleem Ahmad Ranjha -- Private sector in education / Shahid Kardar -- Educating and employing women / Nasreen Kasuri -- The downward spiral of quality-of-life in Pakistan : is control possible, or even desired? / Kulsum Ahmed -- Water problems and solutions / Mahmood Ahmad -- Ways for solving the energy problem -- Ziad Alahdad -- The last word / Shahid Javed Burki -- Postscript / Shahid Javed Burki and Asad Ejaz Butt. |
| Abstract | "This handbook examines Pakistan's 70-year history from a number of different perspectives"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2018054328 |
| ISBN | 9781857439847 |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |