Author: Craig Baxter
Charles H Kennedy/
Editor(s): Craig Baxter / Charles H Kennedy
Publisher: Oxford University Press Pakistan
Year: 2001
Language: English
Pages: 280
ISBN/UPC (if available): 0-19-579579-2
Description
This is the fourth volume in the Pakistan briefing series prepared in affiliation with the American Institute of Pakistan Studies. The American Institute of Pakistan Studies is a consortium of American colleges and universities devoted to the study of Pakistan in all disciplines. It is a member of the Council of American Overseas Research Centers and operates an overseas center in Islamabad. Since its founding in 1973, the institute’s mission has been to Support Research by Americans in Pakistan, to provide opportunities for Pakistani scholars and leaders to visit American institutions, and to support conferences on Pakistan studies. Funding for these activists has been received from the United States government and the government of Pakistan.
Pakistan 2000 is a scholarly and comprehensive study presenting an overview of Pakistan as it stands at the threshold of the twenty-first century. It focuses on the nuclear issue, the Kashmir stance, constitutional changes, the economy, non-violent Islamic mass movements, US-Pak relations, population, the Taliban, and compulsory charity.
Edited by renowned scholars and political analysts of South Asia, Craig Baxter and Charles H Kennedy, this volume includes contributions by eminent academics including Mumtaz Ahmad, Syed Mubashir Ali, Faisal Bari, Grace Clark, Larry Goodson, Devin T Hagerty, Dennis Kux, M Nizamuddin, Lee Anne Quattrucci, Thomas P Thornton, and S M Zafar.
REVIEW
Pakistan 2000 is the fourth volume in a popular series that began with Pakistan 1992, produced under the auspices of the American Institute of Pakistan Studies. It offers an excellent collection of well-researched articles by well-known scholars that deal with Pakistan’s foreign policy, religion and politics in Pakistan, and economic and constitutional issues. It will be of special interest to all those who have an interest in our current affairs.
-Hamza Alavi
Contents
PREFACE
Constitutional Developments in Pakistan, 1997-99
S M ZAFAR
At the Millennium: Macro Economic Performance and Prospects
SYED MUBASHIR ALI AND FAISAL BARI
A Long Way to Lahore: India and Pakistan Negotiate
THOMAS P THORNTON
U S-Pakistan Relations as the Twentieth Century Ends
DENNIS KUX
Kashmir and the Nuclear Question Revisited
DEVIN T HAGERTY
Foreign Policy Gone Awry: The Kalashnikovization and Talibanization of Pakistan
LARRY GOODSON
Continuity and Change in the Traditional System of Islamic Education: The Case of Pakistan
MUMTAZ AHMAD
Pakistan’s Zakat and Ushr System from 1979 to 1999
GRACE CLARK
Managing Pakistan’s Population as a Crucial Factor in Sustainable Development
M NIZAMUDDIN
Chronology of Events: May 1997-October 1999
LEE ANNE QUATTRUCCI
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
INDEX