{"product_id":"crafty-oligarchs-savvy-voters-democracy-under-inequality-in-rural-pakistan-hardback-9781108473637","title":"Crafty Oligarchs, Savvy Voters; Democracy under Inequality in Rural Pakistan (Hardback) 9781108473637","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eCrafty Oligarchs, Savvy Voters\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eDemocracy under Inequality in Rural Pakistan\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLooks at voting behaviour in Pakistan to understand how democracy empowers marginalized voters under conditions of inequality.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eShandana Khan Mohmand (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108473637, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 23 May 2019\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e320 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.2 x 2.4 cm, 0.55 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHow does democracy empower marginalized voters under conditions of inequality? The author probes into this question grounding her research in the context of Pakistan, an emerging democracy whose voters have actively been involved in defining its political history but about whom we know very little. They turn up in sizeable numbers to vote during elections, even under military rule, prompting all kinds of contradictory stereotypes about how Pakistani rural voters behave as electoral cannon fodder. But no one has looked very closely at why they vote as they do, or why they vote at all when their political agency is severely limited by high socio-economic inequality. By using original data collected across different villages and households in rural Pakistan, this book finds that electoral politics enables even the most marginalized voters to strategically further their interests vis-à-vis elite groups, but that persistent inequality limits their ability to organize or compete.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eGlossary of local terms\u003cbr\u003e List of tables and figures\u003cbr\u003e 1. Introduction: rural voters under inequality in Pakistan\u003cbr\u003e 2. Colonial constructs and Post-colonial politics: 1849–2013\u003cbr\u003e 3. Sahiwal: from domination to intermediation\u003cbr\u003e 4. Local competition and bargaining power: conceptualizing political engagement in rural Punjab\u003cbr\u003e 5. Bargaining with landlords: comparing political engagement in unequal contexts\u003cbr\u003e 6. Structural inequality and variations in political engagement\u003cbr\u003e 7. When do shifts in political engagement occur?\u003cbr\u003e 8. Conclusion: the future of Pakistan's democratic transition\u003cbr\u003e Annex 1: chronology of political events in Pakistan\u003cbr\u003e Annex 2: index of political engagement (IPE) scores for 38 villages\u003cbr\u003e Annex 3: research instruments\u003cbr\u003e Annex 4: detailed descriptions of household variables used in multivariate regression analysis\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Political structures: democracy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Political structures: democracy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Political%20structures:%20democracy%20%5BJPHV%5D%22\"\u003eJPHV\u003c\/a\u003e], Politics \u0026amp; government [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Politics \u0026amp; government\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Politics%20\u0026amp;%20government%20%5BJP%5D%22\"\u003eJP\u003c\/a\u003e], Sociology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Sociology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Sociology%20%5BJHB%5D%22\"\u003eJHB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46004616167704,"sku":"9781108473637","price":68.97,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108473637i.jpg?v=1696702605","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/crafty-oligarchs-savvy-voters-democracy-under-inequality-in-rural-pakistan-hardback-9781108473637","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}