The State of Martial Rule: The Origins of Pakistan's Political Economy of Defence (Cambridge South Asian Studies) [Hardcover]

Ayesha Jalal (Author)

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Publication Date: June 29, 1990 | ISBN-10: 0521373484 | ISBN-13: 978-0521373487

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.

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Book Description

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.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 376 pages
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press (June 29, 1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0521373484
• ISBN-13: 978-0521373487
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,428,494 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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