Transformation of political elite as regime changes in Pakistan
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6233557 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ayesha Shoukat (Department of Commerce, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Pakistan, corresponding author), Edmund Terence Gomez (0000-0002-5066-461X, University of Malaya) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 35-52 |
| Publication date | 2018-01-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Asian Journal of Political Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0218-5377 • E-ISSN: 1750-7812 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/02185377.2017.1356738 |
| OpenAlex | W2744457127 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 55 |
Burton and Higely [(2001). ‘The study of political elite transformations’, International review of sociology/Revue internationale de sociologie, 11(2): 181–199] argue that when elites of a society are not united this will lead to an unstable political regime. Consensual elite cohesion is only created through distinctive elite transformation. This essay attempts to elaborate their argument in Pakistan, by developing a link among a continuous regime shift from authoritarian to democratic governments and the political elites who keep transforming their structure accordingly. The technique followed for it is analysing the epochal events over time from pre-partition till date which became reason for regime transformations. The discussion focuses on the collusions and contestations of multiple power elites within given social context which are embedded under the international context. It concludes that political elites in Pakistan were always embraced by multiple other power elites who accordingly hold dual elite identity to control the command post in the political arena. Such complex elite structure makes it paradoxical to distinguish political elite of Pakistan from other power elites of Pakistan
Argument (complex analysis · Authoritarianism · Context (archaeology · Democracy · Development economics · Economic system · Economics · Elite · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Sociology · History · Law · Political Conflict and Governance · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East · Politics and Society in Latin America
Empirical democratic theory
Political Order in Changing Societies
Democracy and Authoritarianism in South Asia
The Failure of Presidential Democracy
Democracy in Plural Societies
The International System and Regime Formation
Economy, society and the state in Pakistan
Comparative Privatization Experience in Pakistan
The nation and the state of Pakistan
Conceiving the New World Order
To Craft Democracies
Social Information and Government-Sponsored Development
Pakistan in 2002
The Development Strategy of Pakistan
Pakistan under Benazir Bhutto
Pakistan under Zia, 1977-1988
Pakistan in 1969
Economic Problems of Pakistan under Bhutto
Democracy and the Crisis of Governability in Pakistan
The Elite Variable in Democratic Transitions and Breakdowns
Politics in the Post-Military State
Political Development and Political Decay
Why Africa's Weak States Persist
Human Rights and Democracy
Pakistan's Enduring Experiment
Social Movements and the Greens
From Linz to Tsebelis
The Structural Constraints of the World-Economy on National Political Development
Presidentialism, Multipartism, and Democracy
Economic Dependence and Political Democracy
Political Elite Studies at the Year 2000
The Study of Political Elite Transformations
Transitions to Democracy
Social Background in Elite Analysis
World System Position, Dependency, and Democracy
Pakistan
The failure of capitalism in Pakistan
Pakistan Divided
Political Regime Change
The Bases of Accommodation
Political Change in Pakistan
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |