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Accepted Paper:
Civil-military relations in post-2013 Pakistan
Ian Talbot
(University of Southampton)
Paper short abstract:
The May 2013 Pakistan elections have not been followed by a re-balancing of civil-military relations.The paper contextualizes these contemporary developments through a reflection on Pakistan's political culture and the institutional barriers to democratic consolidation.
Paper long abstract:
In May 2013 Pakistan held landmark elections in which for the first time in the state's history a government had served its full-term in office. Despite inheriting challenging economic and security legacies, commentators saw Nawaz Sharif's return to power for the third time as representing an opportunity for further democratic consolidation as a result of the re-balancing of civil-military relations. These expectations have failed to materialize as the army has consolidated its power. The paper will set the contemporary developments in a theoretical and historical contextualization. In the course of its analysis, it will reflect on Pakistan's political culture and the institutional barriers to consolidating democracy.
Rethinking the role of institutions in South Asia: historical institutionalism and path dependence
Session 1