The Changing Dynamics of Civil Military Relations in Pakistan: Soldiers of Development

The Changing Dynamics of Civil Military Relations in Pakistan offers an insiders perspective on the political climate, arguing that the military's presence in the civil arenas has limited the prospects of another military coup. It discusses the military's previous takeovers and future plans from a defense point of view, and provides a theoretical context to the military's hegemonic status using literature on civil military relations.

Format: Hardback
Length: 152 pages
Publication date: 04 September 2023
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

The Changing Dynamics of Civil Military Relations in Pakistan offers a unique insiders perspective on the political climate in the country, presenting the challenges established in the boundaries of interaction between the state and its military. This book argues that the prospects of another military coup in Pakistan are minimal because of the military extending its presence in the civil arenas and thus discovering new avenues of concretizing its hegemony. Based on primary data sources in the form of interviews with senior military personnel, civil bureaucrats, and other relevant technocrats, and using military and government publications to verify their claims, the author discusses the military's previous takeovers and future plans from a defense point of view. The book uncovers how the military has created a space and rationale for itself in non-defense sectors. Providing a first-hand account of why and how the military extends itself beyond proscribed fields of responsibility and their expected outcomes, the book also provides a theoretical context to the military's hegemonic status using literature on civil military relations in general and Pakistan in particular. The book uses Pakistan as a case study to show how civil military imbalances in the world over can be re-evaluated. It will be of interest to researchers studying political science, public policy, peace and security studies, governance and institutions, law, and South Asian Studies.

Weight: 467g
Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032388403