Political Economy of Conflict: The Social Contract and Conflict in Pakistan

Description

CONTENTS

1. Through the Kaleidoscope
2. Identity, History and Ethno-politics
3. A Look at Ethnopolitical Conflict Data
4. The Health of Federal Institutions and Impact on Ethnopolitical Conflict
5. Regional Disparities in Development: The Roots of Grievances

ABOUT THE BOOK

This book is about conflict in Pakistan, mostly ethnopolitical conflict between 1972 and 2005. It was completed in February 2010 and therefore does not include the effect of the eighteenth amendment to the Pakistani constitution, which has fundamentally impacted the social contract among her federating units. It builds a case that conflict in that country has been a product of the weakening of its social contract. This is both a qualitative and a quantitative work which relies heavily on both primary and secondary data as well as diverse techniques from historical interpretative analysis to econometrics.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Syed Aamer Abdullah works in governance, conflict and peace and stabilization sectors. He has led various multi sectoral management, reform, research, project design, governance, stabilization and outreach teams. He has experience in both public and private sectors as an organizational development and change specialist. He has a doctorate in development studies from the International Institute of Social Studies of the Erasmus University Rotterdam, A Masters in International Relations from University of Peshawar and a Bachelor’s of Science in Engineering from the University of Engineering and Technology, Peshawar. Dr. Abdullah is based in Islamabad.