01313    a2200145   4500020001800000082002000018245008700038260004800125300001300173504001800186520085300204650006701057700002301124700002001147  a9781108486552  a338.95491bNEW-  aNew perspectives on Pakistan's political economyb: state, class and social change  bCambridge University Pressc2019aCambridge  ax, 275p.  aInclude Index  aThis volume makes a major intervention in the debates around the nature of the political economy of Pakistan, focusing on its contemporary social dynamics. This is the first comprehensive academic analysis of Pakistan's political economy after thirty-five years, and addresses issues of state, class and society, examining gender, the middle classes, the media, the bazaar economy, urban spaces and the new elite. The book goes beyond the contemporary obsession with terrorism and extremism, political Islam, and simple 'civilian-military relations', and looks at modern-day Pakistan through the lens of varied academic disciplines. It not only brings together new work by some emerging scholars but also formulates a new political economy for the country, reflecting the contemporary reality and diversification in the social sciences in Pakistan.  aSocial conditionsvEconomic policyvEconomic historyzPakistan  aMcCartney, Matthew  aZaidi, S. Akbar