TY - BOOK AU - Ahmad,Ishtiaq AU - Rafiq,Adnan TI - Pakistan's democratic transition: change and persistence T2 - Routledge studies in South Asian politics SN - 9781138647961 PY - 2017/// CY - London, New York PB - Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group KW - Democracy KW - Pakistan KW - Civil-military relations KW - Politics and government N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1. Pakistan's third democratic transition / Ishtiaq Ahmad -- 2. Enduring challenges to democracy / Maya Tudor -- 3. Mapping the'establishment' / Ayesha Siddiqa -- 4. New politics of the middle class / Adnan Rafiq -- 5. Social drivers of democratic change / Rasul Bakhsh Rais -- 6. Military, militancy, and the crisis of governance / Rasul Bakhsh Rais -- 7. Pluralist society vs. monist state / Saeed Shafqat -- 8. Judicial activism and the rule of law / Saeed Shafqat -- 9. Demographic dividend and democracy / Mosharraf Zaidi -- 10. Understanding the Baloch ethnic question post 18th Amendment / Rafiullah Kakar -- 11. The challenges of a resilient economy / Rashid Amjad -- 12. Civil-military convergence for stability / Hussain Nadim -- 13. Great powers, military supremacy, and persistent contestation / Hannes Ebert ER -