THE RISE AND ROLE OF CIVIL SOCIETY IN PAKISTAN: COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF DEFINITIONS, TENDENCIES, AND PERSPECTIVES

• Main Author: V. Ya. Belokrenitskiy
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Jurist, Publishing Group 2015-07-01
• Series: Sravnitelʹnaâ Politika
• Subjects: civil society; non-government; non-profit organizations; charity; religious schools; islamists; islamic radicalism; pakistan
• Online Access: https://www.comparativepolitics.org/jour/article/view/2

What does civil society mean in an unevenly developed country with a high level of poverty and abundance of traditional and quasi-traditional norms and structures? What is the history of the evolving Pakistani civil society, what trends and perspectives awaits it in the conditions of long lasting deep crises in economy and security sphere? How does the civil society react to the strengthening of ideology of Islamic radicalism and Islamic nationalism? These are some issues discussed in the article. It does not claim to cover in full the relatively new phenomenon in a specific Asian country occupying a remarkable place in the policy of Russia to the south of its borders.