Civil Society and Pakistan's Economy : Robber Barons and Meritocracy (Paperback)

Introduction; Chapter 1 Economic vision of Pakistani elites and challenges of transition from patronage to participatory practices; Chapter 2 Politics of constitution making in Pakistan: Why religion and authoritarianism are hands in glove?; Chapter 3 Development and Planning Administration: Where checks and balance fail?; Chapter 4 Management of resources and revenues: transformation or regression?; Chapter 5 Incidence of Taxes: Who bears how much burden?; Chapter 6 Pakistan’s Achilles’ Heel: under allocation, underspending or underperformance?; Chapter 7 Feminist Discourse and rent seeking under patriarchy; Chapter 8 Non-profit sector and Informal economy: entrepreneurial spirit in action; Chapter 9 Digital Economy, entrepreneurship, and innovation; Chapter 10 Globalization, Global Jihad and Civil Society; Chapter 11 Limitations of the political discourse