Pakistan's Political Parties : Surviving Between Dictatorship and Democracy.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (336 pages)
- South Asia in World Affairs Series .
- South Asia in World Affairs Series .
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction: Pakistan's Political Parties in an Era of Transition -- Part I: The Form of Pakistan's Party System -- 1 The Formation, Development, and Decay of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz -- 2 Pakistan People's Party: From Populism to Patronage -- 3 Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf: From a Movement to a Catch-All Party -- 4 What Remains of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement -- 5 Leftist Parties in Pakistan: Challenges and Limitations -- 6 Religious Parties: The Politics of Denominational Diversity in an Islamic Republic -- Part II: The Functions Served by Pakistan's Party System -- 7 Who Do Politicians Talk To? Political Contact in Urban Punjab -- 8 Candidate-Party Linkages in Pakistan: Why Do Candidates Stick with Losing Parties? -- 9 Women in Electoral Politics: An Account of Exclusion -- 10 Governance Amid Crisis: Delegation, Personal Gain, and Service Delivery in Pakistan -- 11 Opposition Parties and Regime Uncertainty in Pakistan -- Part III: The Survival of Pakistan's Party System -- 12 The Kingmaker: Pakistan's Military and Political Parties -- 13 Judicial Politics in a Hybrid Democracy: Pakistan's Judiciary and Political Parties -- 14 Parties and Foreign Policy in Pakistan -- Conclusion: Political Parties in an "Establishmentarian Democracy" -- Appendix: Pakistan Electoral Results, 1988-2018 -- References -- About the Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
Pakistan's Political Parties examines how the civilian side of the state's current regime has survived the transition to democracy, providing insight into the evolution of political parties in Pakistan and their role in developing democracies in general. This overview is a one-of-a-kind resource.