Contemporary Problems of Pakistan (International Studies in Sociology and Social Anthropology, 15) - Hardcover

Korson

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9004039422 ISBN 13: 9789004039421

Publisher: Brill, 1974

Synopsis

Despite weeks of negotiation with the leaders of the Congress Party and the Muslim League, the British Cabinet Mission failed in its efforts to maintain a united India. As a result, in 1947 the Asian subcontinent was partitioned into a Muslim-majority but geographically divided West and East Pakistan and a Hindu-majority India. Of the nations created after World War II, Pakistan is one of only two founded on a religious Islam. But religious cohesion did not mitigate the monumental problems that confronted Pakistan's leadership as it strove to establish the basic economic, political, and social institutions needed to govern a geographically divided nation. After forty-six years of independence, Pakistan faces the twenty-first century with great potential, yet it must surmount tremendous barriers in order to attain its ambitious goals. This book considers the range of social, political, and economic problems facing Pakistan today. The contributors analyze the country's attempts to control explosive population growth, ease ethnic confrontations, and cope with a flood of Afghan refugees as well as to deal with the demands for education, women's rights, economic growth, and greater democracy.

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About the Author

J. Henry Korson (Ph.D., Yale) is professor of sociology, emeritus, University of Massachusetts at Amherst.

Edition details

• Publisher: Brill
• Publication date: 1974
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9004039422
• ISBN 13: 9789004039421
• Binding: Leather Bound
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 156