Jaffrelot Christophe

The idea of Pakistan stands riddled with tensions. Initiated by a small group of select Urdu-speaking Muslims who envisioned a unified Islamic state today Pakistan suffers the divisive forces of various separatist movements and religious fundamentalism. A small entrenched elite continue to dominate the country’s corridors of power and democratic forces and legal institutions remain weak. But despite these seemingly insurmountable problems the Islamic Republic of Pakistan continues to endure. The Pakistan Paradox is the definitive history of democracy in Pakistan and its survival despite ethnic strife Islamism and deep-seated elitism. About the Author Christophe Jaffrelot is research director at the Centre d’Etudes et de Recherches Internationales (CERI) and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS). He teaches South Asian politics at Sciences Po (Paris) and King's College (London). His books include The Hindu Nationalist Movement and Indian Politics 1925 to 1990s (1999) Pakistan Nationalism Without a Nation? (2002) A History of Pakistan and Its Origins (2004) and The Pakistan Paradox Instability and Resilience (2015).