
Pakistan
Fifty Years Of Nationhood, Third Edition
Shahid Javed Burki(Author)
Westview Press Inc
3rd Edition
Published on 2. April 1999
Book
Paperback/Softback
272 pages
978-0-8133-3621-3 (ISBN)
Description
Although it achieved independence in 1947, Pakistan still has not succeeded in integrating its diverse peoples into a nation?as its short yet turbulent history vividly demonstrates. The nation's search for stability is traced in this revised and updated introduction to Pakistan's political, economic, and social development. New chapters detail political developments since 1991, including the elections of 1993 and 1996. Economic changes, including the financial crisis that led to the fall of Benazir Bhutto's government in 1996, are given particular attention. Also included is an extensive analysis of the nuclear arms race between India and Pakistan, an issue of global concern.
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Edition
3rd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United States
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
402 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8133-3621-3 (9780813336213)
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Person
Shahid Javed Burki was educated at Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar and at Harvard University as a Mason Fellow. Burki's career at the World Bank began in 1974 with appointment as senior economist of the Policy Planning and Program Review Department. In 1982 he was appointed director of the International Relations Department, and later served as director of the China Department. He then began a two-year stint as Finance and Planning Minister of the Pakistani government. Burki was a also member of the care-taker government that took office following the dismissal of Ms. Bhutto he was in charge of the portfolios of finance, planning and economic affairs. Mr. Burki has since re-joined the World Bank as vice-president of the Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Office.Burki has written extensively on the political economy of both China and Pakistan.
Content
* Birth: August 14, 1947 * Political Development: Continuing Search for Stability * Economic Development: Continuing Postponement of Structural Change * Social Development: Missed Opportunities * Governance, Corruption, and Development: Some Major Obstacles to Growth and Modernization * Foreign Relations: Searching for a New Identity * An Uncertain Future