Pakistan's Political Parties

Reviews
"This is truly an important contribution to the literature on political parties and electoral considerations in Pakistan. There is nothing like it that currently exists."—Charles H. Kennedy, professor, Department of Political Science and International Relations and Director, Middle East and South Asia Program, Wake Forest University



"This is a long overdue, but essential, contribution to our understanding of Pakistan. With an impressive author list, this will become the go-to book on understanding political parties in Pakistan's hybrid regime."—Katharine Adeney, Director of the University of Nottingham Asia Research Institute



"Pakistan's Political Parties is a timely and vital contribution to the social science literature on political parties in south Asia . . . . It presents an exceptionally lucid and well-crafted analysis of major political parties in Pakistan, their role and functions in a nascent democracy, and the relationship of political parties to other institutions."—Kavita Khory, Professor of Politics, Mount Holyoke College



"This is truly an important contribution to the literature on political parties and electoral considerations in Pakistan. There is nothing like it that currently exists."—Charles Kennedy, professor, Department of Political Science and International Relations and Director, Middle East and South Asia Program, Wake Forest University



"This wonderful book is absolutely indispensable for understanding Pakistan's democracy, and all of the main actors and interests involved. The various authors manage very effectively to combine deep knowledge of Pakistan's political parties, social groups, and interests, with the comparative breadth to put everything into broader theoretical perspective."—Steven Wilkinson, Henry R. Luce Director, The Whitney & Betty MacMillan Center for International & Area Studies; Nilekani Professor of India & South Asian Studies; and professor of political science & international affairs, Yale University



"Overall, there is little doubt that Pakistan's Political Parties marks an important, multi-faceted breakthrough in the study of Pakistan's politics and the particularities of institutional power and form found within its political sphere. From a readership perspective, the general language, analytical style, and accessibility of the volume make it well suited for both a social science academic audience looking to study Pakistan in a comparative or singular perspective, and to more curious general readers as well."—Bloomsbury Pakistan