Rethinking Pakistan (eBook, ePUB)

A 21st Century Perspective
Redaktion: Zahoor, Bilal; Rumi, Raza

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Rethinking Pakistan is a wide-ranging analytical dissection of the Pakistani polity and offers a well-meaning, progressive prescription for present-day Pakistan, stitched together by an eclectic list of experts spanning diverse backgrounds and subjects. From energy self-sufficiency and scientific development to freedom of the press and the essential question of the dominance of the military over civilian affairs, this compendium offers a suitable guide for anyone who seeks to understand the striking mix of contemporary and historic challenges faced by Pakistan in the twenty-first century. The book deals with Pakistan's contemporary realities and future prospects.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Anthem Press
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. September 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781785274947
• Artikelnr.: 60127753

Autorenporträt

Bilal Zahoor is the founder and editorial director of Folio Books, a Lahore-based independent publishing house. Raza Rumi is a policy analyst, journalist and author, and is currently the editor-in-chief of NayaDaur Media.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Contributors
Introduction, Pakistan: Towards New Beginnings, Bilal Zahoor
Part I - Identity, Religion and Radicalisation
1. Refuting the Radicals, Tariq Rahman
2. Unpacking the Myth of Barelvi Eclecticism: A Historical Appraisal, Tahir Kamran
3. The Conflicted Self: The Existential Battle between being Muslim and Islamic in Pakistan, Nadeem Farooq Paracha
4. Can Pakistan Have a De-radicalized Future?, Raheem ul Haque
5. From Figure of Speech to Fists of Fury: Unchecked Incitements to Violence, Muhammad Abrahim Zaka & Fasi Zaka
6. Curriculum and the Constitution, Rubina Saigol
Part II - Development, Reform and Governance
7. Labour Policy and Industrial Relations in Pakistan: A Critical Evaluation, Charles Amjad-Ali and Karamat Ali
8. Land Reforms: Key to Social Justice and Progress, I.A. Rehman
9. Pakistan: Charting a New Course to Development, Akmal Hussain
10. Pakistan's Fundamental Water Governance Challenges - And How to Overcome Them, Erum Sattar
11. Is there a Silver Bullet to Pakistan's Energy Crises?, Naveed Arshad and Fiaz Chaudhry
12. Pakistan's Climate Agenda, Tariq Banuri
13. Bringing Science to Life in Pakistan, Pervez Hoodbhoy
Part III -  Rights, Repression and Resistance
14. Rescuing the White in the Flag, Zohra Yusuf
15. Crisis of Impunity: Enforced Disappearances in Pakistan, Reema Omer
16. Of Kings, Queens and Pawns: Civil-Military Relations in Pakistan, Ayesha Siddiqa
17. Future of Media Freedom, Umar Cheema
18. Understanding the Balochistan Conundrum, Rafiullah Kakar
Part IV - Sex, Gender and Emancipation
19. Sex and Secularism as Resistance Politics, Afiya Shehrbano Zia
20. In Search of a Pakistani Feminist Discourse, Bina Shah
Part V - Conflict, Diplomacy and Foreign Policy
21.  Peace Must Win, Raza Rumi
22. Foreign Policy Begins (and Ends) at Home
Muhammad Ismail Khan
Notes
Bibliography
Index.