01338nam a22002057a 450000500170000000800410001702000180005802801190007608200150019510000270021024500800023726000530031730000240037036500080039452006520040265000120105465000130106665000280107970000250110720240812144942.0240812b        |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a9780143426837  a: Technical Bureau India Pvt. Ltd.b: 4794/23, 1st Floor, Opp. Eye 7, Ansari Road, New Delhic: TB1164d: 7/8/2024  a954.91 JAF  aJaffrelot, Christophe.  aThe Pakistan Paradoxb: Instability and resilience.c/Christophe Jaffrelot.  aHaryana b: Penguin Random House India c, 2015.  axii, 676p.c: 24cm.  b315  aThe idea of Pakistan stands riddled with tensions. Initiated by a small group of select Urdu-speaking Muslims who envisioned a unified Islamic state, today Pakistan suffers the divisive forces of various separatist movements and religious fundamentalism. A small, entrenched elite continue to dominate the country’s corridors of power and democratic forces and legal institutions remain weak. But despite these seemingly insurmountable problems, the Islamic Republic of Pakistan continues to endure. The Pakistan Paradox is the definitive history of democracy in Pakistan and its survival despite ethnic strife, Islamism and deep-seated elitism.  aHistory  aPakistan  aPolitics and government  aChristophe Jaffrelot