The State of Martial Rule: The Origins of Pakistan's Political Economy of Defence

by Ayesha Jalal

Overview

When the British dismantled their Raj in 1947 India, as the 'successor' state, inherited the colonial unitary central apparatus whereas Pakistan, as the 'seceding' state, had no semblance of a central government. In The State of Martial Rule Ayesha Jalal analyses the dialectic between state construction and political processes in Pakistan in the first decade of the country's independence and convincingly demonstrates how the imperatives of the international system in the 'cold war' era combined with regional and domestic factors to mould the structure of the Pakistani state. The study concludes by placing the state and political developments in Pakistan since 1958 within a conceptual framework. It will be read by historians of South Asia and by students and specialists of comparative politics and political economy.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521051842
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	12/03/2007
Series:	Cambridge South Asian Studies , #46
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	380
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 1.00(d)

Table of Contents

Preface; List of abbreviations; Map of Pakistan; Introduction; 1. The demand for Pakistan, 1940–1947; 2. Pakistan's share of the spoils; 3. Constructing the state; 4. Wielding state power: politicians, bureaucrats and generals; 5. Breaking down the political system, 1954–1958; 6. State and society in the balance: Islam as ideology and culture; 7. The state of martial rule, 1958 to the present: towards a conceptual framework; Glossary; Select bibliography; Index.