The Pakistan Paradox: Instability and Resilience (The Ceri Series in Comparative Politics and International Studies)

Examines The History Of Pakistan From Its Creation By Elite Urdo-speaking Muslims Who Sought To Maintain Their Dominance To The Current Rise Of Islamists And Ethnic Separatists. Nationalism Without A Nation, And Even Without A People? The Socio-ethnic Origins Of Indian Muslim Separatism : The Reform Phase (1857-1906) ; An Elite In Search Of A State, And A Nation (1906-1947) ; Islamic State Or A Collection Of Ethnic Groups? From One Partition To The Next ; Five Ethnic Groups For One Nation : Between Support And Alienation -- Neither Democracy Nor Autocracy? Impossible Democracy Or Impossible Democrats ; Variable-geometry Military Dictatorship ; The Judiciary, The Media And Ngos : In Search Of Opposition Forces -- Islam : Territorial Ideology Or Political Religion? From Jinnah's Secularism To Zia's Islamisation Policy ; Jihadism, Sectarianism And Talibanism : From Military/mullah Cooperation To 9/11 ; Toward Civil War? The State Vs. (some) Islamists And The Islamists Vs. The Minorities. Christophe Jaffrelot ; Translated By Cynthia Schoch. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 657-659) And Index.