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The Changing Dynamics of Civil Military Relations in Pakistan: Soldiers of Development

The Changing Dynamics of Civil Military Relations in Pakistan: Soldiers of Development

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Series: Routledge Advances in South Asian Studies

General Political ScienceGeneral Racism & Ethnic StudiesGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 1032388404
ISBN13: 9781032388403
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Sep 4 2023
Pages: 152
Weight: 0.91
Height: 0.44 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

The Changing Dynamics of Civil Military Relations in Pakistan offers a unique insiders' perspective on the political climate in the country, presenting the challenges established in boundaries of interaction between the state and its military.

This book argues that the prospects of another military coup in Pakistan are minimal because of the military extending its presence in the civil arenas and thus discovering new avenues of concretising its hegemony. Based on primary data sources in the form of interviews with senior military personnel, civil bureaucrats and other relevant technocrats and using military and government publications to verify their claims, the author discusses the military's previous takeovers and future plans from a defense point of view. The book uncovers how the military has created a space and rationale for itself in non-defense sectors. Providing a first-hand account of why and how the military extends itself beyond proscribed fields of responsibility and their expected outcomes, the book also provides a theoretical context to the military's hegemonic status using literature on civil military relations in general and Pakistan in particular.

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