Federalist Solutions to Pakistan's Political Crises

Sikander Ahmed Shah (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

342 Seiten

2024
Lexington Books/Fortress Academic (Verlag)
978-1-6669-5545-3 (ISBN)

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This book examines the transformative potential of communal democratic norms in Pakistan's political and economic landscape, advocating for a localized centripetalism model to counter prevailing hegemonic trends and address challenges posed by the existing consociational structure.

Federalist Solutions to Pakistan's Political Crises investigates the transformative potential of communal democratic norms within Pakistan's politico-economic sphere. Analyzing the current consociational structure, which inordinately predicates federal organization on ethnic identity, the book reveals the particular challenges facing Pakistan, exacerbated by the imposition of neoliberal norms on its society and economy. Advocating for a localized centripetalist model, Sikander Ahmed Shah proposes leveraging power sharing to counter the prevailing hegemonic trends and to foster greater sociocultural cohesion within Pakistan’s diverse polity. This model entails dividing Pakistan’s federal provinces into smaller, diverse entities more reflective of their particular constituent demographics, while integrating key democratic principles such as distributive justice, grassroots democracy, minority protections, and multiculturalism into its governance structures. The book explores Pakistan's civil-military asymmetry, emphasizing the influential role of the military establishment and its intertwined relationship with preexisting inter-ethnic tensions. The analysis also extends to the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), examining its impact on Pakistan's federal structure, socio-economic fabric, and civil-military dynamics within the context of China's distinctive economy. Throughout, the work seeks to provide locally relevant and indigenously viable solutions for positive and equitable outcomes, challenging historical power imbalances that have marginalized certain groups in Pakistan.

Sikander Ahmed Shah is distinguished faculty member and founding member of the Shaikh Ahmad Hassan School of Law at Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS).

Chapter 1. Implementing Local Centripetalism in Pakistan: A Federalist Solution for Upholding Distributive Justice, Local Democracy, Collective Protection of Minorities and Multiculturalism to Combat Interethnic Conflict, Civil Military Imbalance, and the Inequalities Exacerbated by Chinese Investments.

Chapter 2. Ethnic Federalism and Pakistan

Chapter 3. Civil-Military Relations

Chapter 4. Chinese Expansionism and the Impact of Chinese Investments in Pakistan: Neoliberalism, China’s Belt and Road Initiative of Unpacking the Chinese - Pakistan Economic Corridor

Erscheinungsdatum	20.04.2024
Sprache	englisch
Maße	160 x 236 mm
Gewicht	717 g
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Recht / Steuern ► Privatrecht / Bürgerliches Recht ► Berufs-/Gebührenrecht
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Erwachsenenbildung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
ISBN-10	1-6669-5545-0 / 1666955450
ISBN-13	978-1-6669-5545-3 / 9781666955453
Zustand	Neuware