Shandana Khan Mohmand

Crafty Oligarchs, Savvy Voters

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Looks at voting behaviour in Pakistan to understand how democracy empowers marginalized voters under conditions of inequality.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 318
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Mai 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 615g
• ISBN-13: 9781108473637
• ISBN-10: 1108473636
• Artikelnr.: 54018532

Autorenporträt

Shandana Khan Mohmand is a Research Fellow at the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, and an Associate Fellow at the Institute of Development and Economic Alternatives in Pakistan. Her research and writings explore the fields of political participation, inequality, and the political economy of public policy and service delivery. She has contributed to both policy and social science research in these areas.

Inhaltsangabe

Glossary of local terms
List of tables and figures
1. Introduction: rural voters under inequality in Pakistan
2. Colonial constructs and Post-colonial politics: 1849¿2013
3. Sahiwal: from domination to intermediation
4. Local competition and bargaining power: conceptualizing political engagement in rural Punjab
5. Bargaining with landlords: comparing political engagement in unequal contexts
6. Structural inequality and variations in political engagement
7. When do shifts in political engagement occur?
8. Conclusion: the future of Pakistan's democratic transition
Annex 1: chronology of political events in Pakistan
Annex 2: index of political engagement (IPE) scores for 38 villages
Annex 3: research instruments
Annex 4: detailed descriptions of household variables used in multivariate regression analysis
Bibliography
Index.