Pakistan Beyond the Crisis State (Columbia/Hurst) Bringing together an extraordinary array of experts, including renowned Pakistani journalist Ahmed Rashid, Pakistani American sociologist and historian Ayesha Jalal, and Zahid Hussain, author of several books on Islamic militancy in Pakistan, Pakistan: Beyond the “Crisis State” takes unique stock of the Islamic republic’s fundamental strengths and weaknesses. Presenting a picture of the nation as understood by its people, this anthology assesses the political, economic, social, and foreign policies of an embattled government and its institutional challenges. Ambassador Akbar Ahmed, chair of Islamic studies at American University, and Munir Akram, Pakistan’s former ambassador to the…. Read more

The Post-Colonial State and Social Transformation in India and Pakistan This book is an objective study of Pakistan’s foreign relations with the US and UK from 1947 to 1957. Based on recently declassified British and American foreign ministry papers and documents, it focuses on the regional and military pacts that Pakistan entered into with the British and Americans and uncovers many side issues. List Price: $ 35.00 Price:…. Read more

Judging the State: Courts and Constitutional Politics in Pakistan (Cambridge South Asian Studies) In an original study of the relationship between state and civil society in Pakistan, Paula Newberg demonstrates how, over the course of almost five decades, the courts have influenced the development of its constitutions and state structure. By examining judicial decisions, particularly at times of political crisis, she considers how tensions within the judiciary, and between courts and other state institutions, have affected the ways political society views itself, and explores the effects of these debates on the organization of political power. List Price: $ 48.00 Price:…. Read more

Pakistan: Can the United States Secure an Insecure State? The authors exposit likely developments in Pakistan’s internal and external security environment over the coming decade; assess Pakistan’s national will and capacity to solve its problems, especially those relating to security; describe U.S. interests in Pakistan; and suggest policies for the U.S. government to pursue in order to secure those interests. List Price: $ 35.00 Price:…. Read more

The State of Islam: Culture And Cold War Politics In Pakistan The State of Islam tells the story of the Pakistani nation-state through the lens of the Cold War, and more recently the War on Terror, in order to shed light on the domestic and international processes behind the rise of militant Islam across the world. Unlike existing scholarship on nationalism, Islam, and the state in Pakistan, which tends to privilege events in a narrowly-defined political realm, The State of Islam is a Gramscian analysis of cultural politics in Pakistan from its origins to the contemporary period.  The author uses the tools of cultural studies and postcolonial theory to understand what is at stake in discourses of Islam, socialism, and the nation in…. Read more