Pakistan: Beyond the Crisis State
Recent literature on Pakistan often overlooks the country’s diversity and resilience, focusing instead on single issues. This book offers an alternative perspective, providing a deeper understanding of Pakistan’s dynamics by analysing its political, economic, social, foreign policy, and governance challenges. It also explores the complex interplay between domestic developments and external factors, including great power interests, that are so central to understanding the fluctuations in Pakistan’s fortunes.
The contributors contend that Pakistan and its people have the capacity to transform their country into a stable, modern Muslim state, but bold reforms will be needed to bring about this outcome.
Dr Maleeha Lodhi is a former diplomat and political scientist. She served as Pakistan’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, the first woman to hold the position. Previously, she served twice as Pakistan’s ambassador to the US (1993–1996 and 1999–2002) and for five years as Pakistan’s High Commissioner to the UK (2003–2008). Dr Lodhi is a recipient of the President’s award of Hilal-e-Imtiaz for Public Service.
| ISBN | 9789697347506 |
|---|---|
| Rights | For sale in Pakistan only |
| Year of Publication | 2011 |
| Binding | Paperback |
| Pages | 417 |
‘An excellent book, one that brings out some very important points about the surprising stability of the country beneath the alarmism of the daily headlines and forms a useful antidote to the general perception about Pakistan in the West.’
Prof. Anatol Lieven, King’s College, London
‘This timely study looks beyond the headlines of terrorism and natural disaster that dominate Western perceptions of Pakistan. The contributors argue that contemporary security challenges and longer-term demographic pressures and energy shortages can be overcome if Pakistan possesses the political will to undergo wide-ranging institutional, educational, and structural economic reform.’
Prof. Ian Talbot, author, Pakistan: A Modern History