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Vying for Allah's Vote: Understanding Islamic Parties, Political Violence, and Extremism in Pakistan
- ISBN-10:
- 1626160155
- ISBN-13:
- 9781626160156
- Pub. Date:
- 12/17/2013
- Publisher:
- Georgetown University Press
- ISBN-10:
- 1626160155
- ISBN-13:
- 9781626160156
- Pub. Date:
- 12/17/2013
- Publisher:
- Georgetown University Press
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Overview
These murders underscore the fact that religion, politics, and policy are inextricably linked in Pakistan. In this book, Haroon K. Ullah analyzes the origins, ideologies, bases of support, and electoral successes of the largest and most influential Islamic parties in Pakistan. Based on his extensive field work in Pakistan, he develops a new typology for understanding and comparing the discourses put forth by these parties in order to assess what drives them and what separates the moderate from the extreme. A better understanding of the range of parties is critical for knowing how the US and other Western nations can engage states where Islamic political parties hold both political and moral authority.
Pakistan’s current democratic transition will hinge on how well Islamic parties contribute to civilian rule, shun violence, and mobilize support for political reform. Ullah’s political-party typology may also shed light on the politics of other majority-Muslim democracies, such as Egypt and Tunisia, where Islamist political parties have recently won elections.
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781626160156 |
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Publisher: | Georgetown University Press |
Publication date: | 12/17/2013 |
Series: | South Asia in World Affairs series |
Pages: | 192 |
Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.70(d) |
Age Range: | 18 Years |
About the Author
Table of Contents
1. Introduction2. Islam and Democracy in Pakistan
3. Islamic Parties in Pakistan
4. Muslim Democratic Parties: Origins and Characteristics
5. Islamist Parties: Origins and Characteristics
6. Islamic Voters in Pakistan: Motives and Behavior
7. Political Strategy: When Extremism Works
8. Lessons Learned: How Pakistan Informs the Arab Spring and Afghanistan
9. Foreign Policy Implications and New Trends
Appendix 1Appendix 2NotesSelected BibliographyIndex
What People are Saying About This
We finally have a senior Pakistani-American diplomat commenting on the explosive interaction between the state, democracy, and religion in a Muslim country—and Haroon Ullah delivers. He offers an insightful and nuanced perspective that benefits from his deep knowledge and experience in the field. As nothing can be more important to the US than building bridges with the Muslim world, this book is essential reading for anyone who wishes to understand a major Muslim country like Pakistan and the challenges it faces today.
Pakistan is a rare case where unresolved issues about relations of Islam to politics intersect with democratic development. Vying for Allah’s Vote provides a valuable glimpse into how Islamic party politics in Pakistan has influenced the development of political platforms and how Islam and democracy are likely to impact one another. Insightful and informative.
"Pakistan is a rare case where unresolved issues about relations of Islam to politics intersect with democratic development. Vying for Allah's Vote provides a valuable glimpse into how Islamic party politics in Pakistan has influenced the development of political platforms and how Islam and democracy are likely to impact one another. Insightful and informative."Vali Nasr, dean of The John Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies and author of The Shia Revival and Forces of Fortune
"An insightful study of the complexities of Islamic parties in Pakistan with useful and clear recommendations for American policy."Bruce Reidel, director, The Brookings Intelligence Project
"While others are content simply to label Pakistan 'the world's most dangerous place,' Haroon Ullah has patiently studied the political groups behind the headlines and written a book that explains them cogently and clearly. Those who want to see a peaceful and prosperous Pakistan, and to face its many problems head on, must read Ullah's work; understanding its complex politics is the first step toward building the Pakistan its peopleand its friendsshould want."Cameron Munter, former US Ambassador to Pakistan
"Soon Pakistan will be fifth-largest country in the world by population. It is, of course, also a nuclear-armed nation which has fought three major wars with India as well as a host of other more minor skirmishes. Though they are relatively small in size, Pakistan's Islamist parties play an outsize role in the policies and politics of one of the globe's most important countries. Haroon Ullah has done us all a great service by writing a deeply reported, fluidly written account of how these parties work and the effects of Islamists on Pakistan's body politic and how they effect the geopolitics of South Asia writ large. And he considers what lessons Pakistan's Islamists might have for the Islamists in the Arab world who have been thrust into the real world of politics by the uprisings of the Arab Spring. Vying for Allah's Vote is an important study for all serious students of Islamism."Peter Bergen, director of the national security program at the New America Foundation, The New America Foundation, author of Manhunt: The Ten-Year Search for Bin Ladenfrom 9/11 to Abbottabad
"We finally have a senior Pakistani-American diplomat commenting on the explosive interaction between the state, democracy, and religion in a Muslim countryand Haroon Ullah delivers. He offers an insightful and nuanced perspective that benefits from his deep knowledge and experience in the field. As nothing can be more important to the US than building bridges with the Muslim world, this book is essential reading for anyone who wishes to understand a major Muslim country like Pakistan and the challenges it faces today."Akbar Ahmed, Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic Studies at American University and former Pakistan High Commissioner to the United Kingdom
"Though they are relatively small in size, Pakistan'sIslamist parties play an outsizerole in the policies and politics of one of the globe's most important countries. Haroon Ullah has done us all a great service by writing a deeply reported, fluidly written account of how these parties work as well as theeffectsof Islamistson Pakistan's body politic and how they affectthe geopolitics ofSouth Asia writ large. He also considers what lessons Pakistan's Islamists might have for the Islamists in the Arab world who have been thrust into the real world of politics by the uprisings of the Arab Spring. Vying for Allah's Vote is an important study for all serious students of Islamism."Peter Bergen, director of the national security program at the New America Foundation, The New America Foundation
"Haroon Ullah has vividly humanized the challenge Pakistan faces in the explosive mixture of religion and politics. Ullah brings the expertise of a scholar with first-hand knowledge of the country and culture and the perspective on US policy of a diplomat who was a member the late Richard Holbrooke's 'AfPak' team. The result is authoritative, insightful, and timely."Strobe Talbott, President, The Brookings Institution , The Brookings Institution
While others are content simply to label Pakistan 'the world's most dangerous place,' Haroon Ullah has patiently studied the political groups behind the headlines and written a book that explains them cogently and clearly. Those who want to see a peaceful and prosperous Pakistan, and to face its many problems head on, must read Ullah's work; understanding its complex politics is the first step toward building the Pakistan its people—and its friends—should want.
An insightful study of the complexities of Islamic parties in Pakistan with useful and clear recommendations for American policy.
Haroon Ullah has vividly humanized the challenge Pakistan faces in the explosive mixture of religion and politics. Ullah brings the expertise of a scholar with first-hand knowledge of the country and culture and the perspective on US policy of a diplomat who was a member the late Richard Holbrooke’s 'AfPak' team. The result is authoritative, insightful, and timely.
Though they are relatively small in size, Pakistan's Islamist parties play an outsize role in the policies and politics of one of the globe's most important countries. Haroon Ullah has done us all a great service by writing a deeply reported, fluidly written account of how these parties work as well as the effects of Islamists on Pakistan's body politic and how they affect the geopolitics of South Asia writ large. He also considers what lessons Pakistan's Islamists might have for the Islamists in the Arab world who have been thrust into the real world of politics by the uprisings of the Arab Spring. Vying for Allah's Vote is an important study for all serious students of Islamism.