Mariam Mufti
Biographic Data
| ID | 4275634 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mariam Mufti |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mariam |
| FAMILY NAME | Mufti |
| SIGNATURE | MUFTI M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Waterloo |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 45 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Political elite careers in Pakistan
Based on an original data set of 384 federal ministers and 360 provincial ministers from Punjab and Sindh from 1988 till present, we examine the career movements of political elites in Pakistan. We argue that formal institutions enshrined in the constitution pertaining to federal design, the electoral and party system do not provide a complete explanation for the movement in political careers. In fact, informal institutions such as clientelism an…
Pakistan in 2023
Economic uncertainty, political instability, and security concerns marked 2023 as a year where the country desperately tried to survive. The year began with Pakistan on the brink of sovereign default, with depleting foreign reserves and soaring inflation. Although successful negotiations with the IMF averted economic catastrophe, political crisis seemed to replace the country’s economic woes. In the second half of 2023, following Imran Khan’s tem…
Pakistan in 2022
Even by the standards of Pakistan’s historical political instability, 2022 was extremely challenging. The year began with Pakistan on the cusp of sovereign default, with rapidly depleting foreign exchange reserves and skyrocketing inflation. The economic situation was worsened by devastating floods during the monsoon season that directly impacted the lives of 33 million Pakistanis. An energized opposition called for a no-confidence vote against p…
Electoral manipulation or astute electoral strategy? Explaining the results of Pakistan’s 2018 Election
The focus of this article is to explain the outcome of Pakistan’s 2018 Election, which is only the second successful transfer of power from one civilian government to another after completing a full five-year term. The PTI (Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaaf) emerged victorious with a greater majority than was predicted, soundly defeating the incumbent ruling party PML-N (Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz). We question why an incumbent governing party that had …
Political Parties and Decentralization in Pakistan
Why do politicians vote to decentralize power and resources? Drawing on structuralist and voluntarist approaches, we investigate why national party elites in Pakistan voted to devolve power to the provinces under the 18th Amendment to the 1973 Constitution but are hesitant to devolve meaningful fiscal and administrative power to the local level. We argue that the explanation for this disjuncture lies in Pakistan’s history of military experiments …
The Importance of Gender Quotas in Patriarchal and Clientelistic Polities
Has the Pakistani Parliament achieved its promised goal of normalizing women's political participation through the adoption of reserved seat quotas? Based on original surveys and interviews conducted with 95 women who have been elected to reserved and non-reserved seats in the Pakistani Parliament between 2002 and 2013, our findings demonstrate that women seldom successfully win non-reserved seats. Patriarchy remains a pervasive feature in Pakist…
The Electoral Constraints on Inter-Party Mobility of Candidates
This article investigates the electoral constraints on the inter-party mobility of candidates. We argue that the prevalent mode of interactions among candidates, voters, and parties in local, district-level electoral markets shapes the strategic constraints faced by potential party switchers. We suggest that strong linkages between voters and political parties reduce the market value of the candidates outside of their political parties, thereby c…
What Do We Know about Hybrid Regimes after Two Decades of Scholarship
In two decades of scholarship on hybrid regimes two significant advancements have been made. First, scholars have emphasized that the hybrid regimes that emerged in the post-Cold War era should not be treated as diminished sub-types of democracy, and second, regime type is a multi-dimensional concept. This review essay further contends that losing the lexicon of hybridity and focusing on a single dimension of regime type—flawed electoral competit…
Ordre social et gouvernement islamique dans une province du Pakistan (2002-2007)
Lorsqu’elle est arrivée au pouvoir dans la province du Nord-Ouest (NWFP) à la suite des élections de 2002, la Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) bénéficiait de conditions exceptionnellement favorables à la réalisation de son projet de changement social et politique. L’analyse de ce qui a changé dans la gestion de la province durant cette mandature est menée sous l’angle de la dynamique interne de la MMA et sous celui de ses relations avec l’État milit…
Stephen Cohen, The Idea of Pakistan
The central question that Stephen Cohen grapples with in his book, The Idea of Pakistan, is what is Pakistan? Is it a ‘rogue state’, ‘a delinquent nation’, ‘Taliban East’ a ‘failing state’ or just ‘misunderstood but an effective US ally’ (p. 2)? To probe beyond these descriptions of Pakistan, Cohen has two purposes in mind. First, he wants to demonstrate why Indian Muslims felt the need for a separate homeland to pursue their ‘civilizational dest…
The Importance of Gender Quotas in Patriarchal and Clientelistic Polities
Has the Pakistani Parliament achieved its promised goal of normalizing women's political participation through the adoption of reserved seat quotas? Based on original surveys and interviews conducted with 95 women who have been elected to reserved and non-reserved seats in the Pakistani Parliament between 2002 and 2013, our findings demonstrate that women seldom successfully win non-reserved seats. Patriarchy remains a pervasive feature in Pakist…
The Electoral Constraints on Inter-Party Mobility of Candidates
This article investigates the electoral constraints on the inter-party mobility of candidates. We argue that the prevalent mode of interactions among candidates, voters, and parties in local, district-level electoral markets shapes the strategic constraints faced by potential party switchers. We suggest that strong linkages between voters and political parties reduce the market value of the candidates outside of their political parties, thereby c…
What Do We Know about Hybrid Regimes after Two Decades of Scholarship
In two decades of scholarship on hybrid regimes two significant advancements have been made. First, scholars have emphasized that the hybrid regimes that emerged in the post-Cold War era should not be treated as diminished sub-types of democracy, and second, regime type is a multi-dimensional concept. This review essay further contends that losing the lexicon of hybridity and focusing on a single dimension of regime type—flawed electoral competit…
Political Parties and Decentralization in Pakistan
Why do politicians vote to decentralize power and resources? Drawing on structuralist and voluntarist approaches, we investigate why national party elites in Pakistan voted to devolve power to the provinces under the 18th Amendment to the 1973 Constitution but are hesitant to devolve meaningful fiscal and administrative power to the local level. We argue that the explanation for this disjuncture lies in Pakistan’s history of military experiments …
Electoral manipulation or astute electoral strategy? Explaining the results of Pakistan’s 2018 Election
The focus of this article is to explain the outcome of Pakistan’s 2018 Election, which is only the second successful transfer of power from one civilian government to another after completing a full five-year term. The PTI (Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaaf) emerged victorious with a greater majority than was predicted, soundly defeating the incumbent ruling party PML-N (Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz). We question why an incumbent governing party that had …
Pakistan in 2022
Even by the standards of Pakistan’s historical political instability, 2022 was extremely challenging. The year began with Pakistan on the cusp of sovereign default, with rapidly depleting foreign exchange reserves and skyrocketing inflation. The economic situation was worsened by devastating floods during the monsoon season that directly impacted the lives of 33 million Pakistanis. An energized opposition called for a no-confidence vote against p…
Pakistan in 2023
Economic uncertainty, political instability, and security concerns marked 2023 as a year where the country desperately tried to survive. The year began with Pakistan on the brink of sovereign default, with depleting foreign reserves and soaring inflation. Although successful negotiations with the IMF averted economic catastrophe, political crisis seemed to replace the country’s economic woes. In the second half of 2023, following Imran Khan’s tem…
Ordre social et gouvernement islamique dans une province du Pakistan (2002-2007)
Lorsqu’elle est arrivée au pouvoir dans la province du Nord-Ouest (NWFP) à la suite des élections de 2002, la Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) bénéficiait de conditions exceptionnellement favorables à la réalisation de son projet de changement social et politique. L’analyse de ce qui a changé dans la gestion de la province durant cette mandature est menée sous l’angle de la dynamique interne de la MMA et sous celui de ses relations avec l’État milit…
Stephen Cohen, The Idea of Pakistan
The central question that Stephen Cohen grapples with in his book, The Idea of Pakistan, is what is Pakistan? Is it a ‘rogue state’, ‘a delinquent nation’, ‘Taliban East’ a ‘failing state’ or just ‘misunderstood but an effective US ally’ (p. 2)? To probe beyond these descriptions of Pakistan, Cohen has two purposes in mind. First, he wants to demonstrate why Indian Muslims felt the need for a separate homeland to pursue their ‘civilizational dest…
What Do We Know about Hybrid Regimes after Two Decades of Scholarship
In two decades of scholarship on hybrid regimes two significant advancements have been made. First, scholars have emphasized that the hybrid regimes that emerged in the post-Cold War era should not be treated as diminished sub-types of democracy, and second, regime type is a multi-dimensional concept. This review essay further contends that losing the lexicon of hybridity and focusing on a single dimension of regime type—flawed electoral competit…
The Electoral Constraints on Inter-Party Mobility of Candidates
This article investigates the electoral constraints on the inter-party mobility of candidates. We argue that the prevalent mode of interactions among candidates, voters, and parties in local, district-level electoral markets shapes the strategic constraints faced by potential party switchers. We suggest that strong linkages between voters and political parties reduce the market value of the candidates outside of their political parties, thereby c…
The Importance of Gender Quotas in Patriarchal and Clientelistic Polities
Has the Pakistani Parliament achieved its promised goal of normalizing women's political participation through the adoption of reserved seat quotas? Based on original surveys and interviews conducted with 95 women who have been elected to reserved and non-reserved seats in the Pakistani Parliament between 2002 and 2013, our findings demonstrate that women seldom successfully win non-reserved seats. Patriarchy remains a pervasive feature in Pakist…
Electoral manipulation or astute electoral strategy? Explaining the results of Pakistan’s 2018 Election
The focus of this article is to explain the outcome of Pakistan’s 2018 Election, which is only the second successful transfer of power from one civilian government to another after completing a full five-year term. The PTI (Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaaf) emerged victorious with a greater majority than was predicted, soundly defeating the incumbent ruling party PML-N (Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz). We question why an incumbent governing party that had …
Political Parties and Decentralization in Pakistan
Why do politicians vote to decentralize power and resources? Drawing on structuralist and voluntarist approaches, we investigate why national party elites in Pakistan voted to devolve power to the provinces under the 18th Amendment to the 1973 Constitution but are hesitant to devolve meaningful fiscal and administrative power to the local level. We argue that the explanation for this disjuncture lies in Pakistan’s history of military experiments …
Pakistan in 2022
Even by the standards of Pakistan’s historical political instability, 2022 was extremely challenging. The year began with Pakistan on the cusp of sovereign default, with rapidly depleting foreign exchange reserves and skyrocketing inflation. The economic situation was worsened by devastating floods during the monsoon season that directly impacted the lives of 33 million Pakistanis. An energized opposition called for a no-confidence vote against p…
Pakistan in 2023
Economic uncertainty, political instability, and security concerns marked 2023 as a year where the country desperately tried to survive. The year began with Pakistan on the brink of sovereign default, with depleting foreign reserves and soaring inflation. Although successful negotiations with the IMF averted economic catastrophe, political crisis seemed to replace the country’s economic woes. In the second half of 2023, following Imran Khan’s tem…
Political elite careers in Pakistan
Based on an original data set of 384 federal ministers and 360 provincial ministers from Punjab and Sindh from 1988 till present, we examine the career movements of political elites in Pakistan. We argue that formal institutions enshrined in the constitution pertaining to federal design, the electoral and party system do not provide a complete explanation for the movement in political careers. In fact, informal institutions such as clientelism an…
Political science (9 works) · Law (8 works) · Politics (8 works) · Law (7 works) · Political economy (7 works) · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East (7 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Democracy (5 works) · Economics (5 works) · Electoral Systems and Political Participation (3 works)