Pakistan - Nationalism without a Nation?

Author: Christophe JaffrelotPublisher: ManoharYear: 2002Language: EnglishPages: 352ISBN/UPC (if available): 1 84277 116 7 DescriptionThis book provides an up to date account of the country's extraordinary complicated political tapestry which throws up so many questions - the definition of identity, the intersection of religious and ethnic factors, a deeply flawed institutionalization of democracy, control of the state, and the potentially explosive cross impacts of regional and domestic politics.This book provides an up to date account of the country's extraordinary complicated political tapestry which throws up so many questions - the definition of identity, the intersection of religious and ethnic factors, a deeply flawed institutionalization of democracy, control of the state. Pakistan has become a key actor in the realm of international relations post 11 September 2001. Like after the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, its geopolitical situation has made it the main base for military