{"product_id":"routledge-handbook-of-contemporary-pakistan-9781138903715","title":"Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Pakistan","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith a population of 190 million, Pakistan is strategically located at the crossroads of the Middle East, Central and South Asia, and has the second largest Muslim population in the world. The \u003cem\u003eRoutledge Handbook of Contemporary Pakistan\u003c\/em\u003e provides an in-depth and comprehensive coverage of issues from identity and the creation of Pakistan in 1947 to its external relations as well as its domestic social, economic and political issues and challenges. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cem\u003eHandbook\u003c\/em\u003e is divided into the following sections:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eâ Economy and development \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eâ External relations and security \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eâ Foundations and identity\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eâ Islam and Islamization\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eâ Military and jihad\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eâ Politics and institutions\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eâ Social issues\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cem\u003eHandbook\u003c\/em\u003e explains the reasons why Pakistan is so often at the forefront of our daily news intake, with a focus on religious and political factors. It asks questions regarding the institutions and political parties which govern Pa\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction, \u003ci\u003eAparna Pande, Shefali Dhar and Sidhanta Mehra\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: Foundations and Identity\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1.\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eEscaping India: Pakistan's Search for Identity, \u003ci\u003eAparna Pande\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2.\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003ePashtunistan: Postcolonial Imaginaries Along Borderlands, 1947−57, \u003ci\u003eAmna Qayuum\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3.\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eReligion, Ethnicity and Violence in Pakistan, \u003ci\u003eMuhammad Ismail Khan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4.\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eJinnah's Pakistan: Debating the Nature of the State, 1947−49, \u003ci\u003eYaqoob Bangash\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5.\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eThe Encounter with Modernity in the Rural and Tribal Areas of Pakistan in Pakistani English Fiction, \u003ci\u003eMuneeza Shamsie\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6.\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eCricket − What Unites Us, \u003ci\u003eAhmer Naqvi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart II: Politics and Institutions\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7.\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eTalk the Talk: Why Parties Walk and Matter (Even in Pakistan), \u003ci\u003eK. Haroon Ullah\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8.\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eA Weberian Perspective on the Nature of the State in Pakistan, \u003ci\u003eAjay Darshan Behera\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9.\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eProfit, Protest, and Power: Bazaar Politics in Urban Pakistan, \u003ci\u003eUmair Javed\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e10.\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eJudiciary in Crisis: Judicial Politics in Pakistan, \u003ci\u003eNida Paracha\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e11.\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003ePakistan's Patchwork of High Court Justice, \u003ci\u003eWaris Husain\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart III: Economy and Development\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e12.\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003ePakistan's Elite Capture and the State of Insecurity, \u003ci\u003eImtiaz Gul\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e13.\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eFrom Chaos to Building a Secure, Sustainable Energy Future, \u003ci\u003eAtta Ali Malik\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e14.\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003ePakistan, the United States, and the Bretton Woods Institutions (BWIs): A Continuing Great Game?, \u003ci\u003eEhtesham Ahmad and Azizali Mohammad\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e15.\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eThe Banking and Financial Sector of Pakistan, \u003ci\u003eFeisal Khan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart IV: Social Issues \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e16.\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eDissimilar Histories: History Curricula in Government and Elite Pakistani Schools, \u003ci\u003eMadiha Afzal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e17.\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003ePakistan's Philanthropic Education Alternative, \u003ci\u003eMarie Lall\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e18.\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eSanctioning Subordination? The Politics of Gender Laws Promulgation and Reform in Pakistan, \u003ci\u003eBushra Asif\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart V: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIslam and Islamization \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e19. Explaining Support for Sectarian Terrorism in Pakistan: Piety, Maslak and Sharia, \u003ci\u003eChristine Fair\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e20.\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003ePakistan's Descent into Religious Intolerance, \u003ci\u003eFarahnaz Ispahani\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e21.\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eCompeting Visions of Women's Rights in Pakistan: State, Civil Society and Islamist Groups, \u003ci\u003eAnita Weiss\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart VI: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMilitary and Jihad\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e22.\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eWither Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde?, \u003ci\u003eMohammad Taqi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e23.\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eRules for the Double Game, \u003ci\u003eStephen Tankel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e24.\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eViolent Non-State Actors in the Afghanistan−Pakistan Relationship: Historical Context and Future Prospects, \u003ci\u003eDaveed Gartenstein-Ross and Tara Vassefi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e25. The Other Pakistan: Understanding the Military−Jihadi Complex, \u003cem\u003ePranay Kotasthane, Guru Aiyar and Nitin Pai\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart VII: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eExternal Relations and Security\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e26.\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eIndia as a Factor in Pakistan's Policy, \u003ci\u003eSavita Pande\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e27. The Afghanistan−Pakistan Conundrum: History and a Likely Future Scenario with Focus on the Pashtun Areas, \u003ci\u003eFarhat Taj and Syed Rashid Ali\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e28.\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eIran and Pakistan: A Case of Keeping a Distance, \u003ci\u003eAlex Vatanka \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e29.\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eSaudizing Pakistan: How Pakistan is Changing and what this means for South Asia and the World, \u003ci\u003ePervez Hoodbhoy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e30.\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003ePakistan and the United States: Strategic Partnership, Discordant Goals, \u003ci\u003eTeresita Schaffer and Howard Schaffer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e31. Pakistan and One Belt, One Road Initiative: Prospects for the China−Pakistan Economic Corridor, \u003ci\u003eAndrew J. 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