Title Mainstreaming the Tribal Areas (ex-FATA) of Pakistan bordering Afghanistan : challenges and prospects / Asghar Khan

Published Singapore : Palgrave Macmillan, 2022 ©2022

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Description 1 online resource (xxxix, 402 pages) Contents Introduction -- State Governance in the Ungoverned Territories---theoretical considerations -- Understanding the Governance of Federally administered tribal areas of Pakistan -- Challenges to state governance in FATA---society-centric approach -- Challenges to state governance in FATA---state-centric approach -- Challege to state governance in FATA--'state-in-society' approach -- Extension of state governance in FATA-prospects -- Summary and conclusion Summary The book addresses why the Pakistani state is facing persistent challenges in extending and consolidating its governance (authority) throughout its territories, especially in the former Federally Administered Tribal Areas (ex-FATA)? Even after the de jure merger, the question still remains valid that how Pakistani state could establish its governance in these tribal areas? Through multi-dimensional approaches and multi-pronged analysis of state-centric (top-down), society-centric (bottom-up) and state-in-society (mixed-horizontal) approaches, the book explains factors and dimensions that pose challenges to Pakistani state governance in ex-FATA. The main hypothesis is that societies, where state governance is absent, turn to informal governance and create informal institutions as a substitute for the weak central state governance thereby challenging the domination and control/authority of the state. The book presents policy recommendations for bringing these tribal areas into the mainstream governance system of Pakistan. Asghar Khan is the head of the Department of Regional Studies, University of Peshawar, and teaches Political Science there Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Regionalism -- Pakistan -- Federally Administered Tribal Areas National security -- Pakistan Diplomatic relations National security Politics and government Regionalism SUBJECT Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Pakistan) -- Politics and government Pakistan -- Foreign relations. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008116500 Pakistan -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85096888 Subject Pakistan Pakistan -- Federally Administered Tribal Areas Form Electronic book ISBN 9789811917943 9811917949

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