In the Province of Faith
Disaggregating Pakistani Religious Parties’ Electoral Performance at the Sub-national and Denominational Levels
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6128702 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Johann Chacko (0009-0000-0432-9231, Twitter (United States), corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 103-123 |
| Publication date | 2023-07-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Review of Faith & International Affairs (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1931-7743 • E-ISSN: 1557-0274 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/15570274.2023.2235807 |
| OpenAlex | W4385842203 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 26 |
This paper analyzes the performance of Pakistan’s religious parties in Senate and general elections, 1970–2021, to re-evaluate widely repeated claims of poor performance. Employing datasets of provincial assembly, Senate, and National Assembly results, I argue that performance has been consistently underestimated and overlooked as a result of “whole-nation bias” in a country with very significant regional diversity. Given that parties’ electoral power coalesces at the provincial level in Pakistan, and that religious parties are built around strong denominational identities, election data has been disaggregated along these lines. The results challenge conventional narratives of political Islam’s trajectories in the country
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Islamic Revival and Modernity
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Social movements
"The Rise of "Muslim Democracy
Scaling Down
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| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |