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Power Elites in Pakistan: Creation, Contestations, Continuity

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  • Ayesha Shoukat

    (Islamia University of Bahawalpur)

  • Edmund Terence Gomez

    (Faculty of Economics and Administration, University of Malaya)

  • Kee-Cheok Cheong

    (Institute of China Studies, University of Malaya)

Abstract

This study examines the creation of power elites in Pakistan and how they have come to acquire a prominent presence in this country’s economy. The article deals with an interesting paradox: how have power elites, in constant contestation with each other, managed to collectively maintain their presence in this country’s economy? The complex concept of power is reviewed here by deconstructing the state to understand where it lies and how it is deployed to attain different, even contradictory, objectives. This study highlights, in historical perspective, the way power has been employed, expressed, and legitimised. The exercise and maintenance of power is framed through an inter-disciplinary framework that encompasses political as well as socio-economic dimensions.

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  • Ayesha Shoukat & Edmund Terence Gomez & Kee-Cheok Cheong, 2017. "Power Elites in Pakistan: Creation, Contestations, Continuity," Malaysian Journal of Economic Studies, Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Malaya & Malaysian Economic Association, vol. 54(2), pages 235-253, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:mjr:journl:v:54:y:2017:i:2:p:235-253
    DOI: 10.22452/MJES.vol54no2.4
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    Keywords

    Pakistan; political events; power contestations; power elites; state;
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    JEL classification:

    • D72 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
    • D74 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Conflict; Conflict Resolution; Alliances; Revolutions
    • H13 - Public Economics - - Structure and Scope of Government - - - Economics of Eminent Domain; Expropriation; Nationalization
    • P16 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Capitalist Economies - - - Capitalist Institutions; Welfare State

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