Military Inc. : inside Pakistan's military economy / Ayesha Siddiqa.

Author
Siddiqa-Agha, Ayesha [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
Second edition.
Published/​Created
London : Pluto Press, 2017.
Description
1 online resource (xvi, 382 pages) : illustrations

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Pakistan is a strategic ally of the US in the 'war on terror'. It is the third largest recipient of US aid in the world. Yet Pakistan is a state run by its army and intelligence service. Operating in the shadows, Pakistan's military industrial complex owns and controls swathes of the economic and political landscape of the country. Military Inc. dares to illuminate the military as an oppressive holding company possessing not just security-related businesses, but also hotels, shopping malls, insurance companies, banks, farms and even an airline. The result is a deeply undemocratic society, where money is funnelled towards the military's economic enterprises, leaving those in need of it impoverished and effectively disenfranchised. With an empirical richness, and a view to Pakistan's recent history, Ayesha Siddiqa offers a detailed and powerful case study of a global phenomenon: corruption, hollow economic growth and elitism. This new edition includes a chapter on the recent developments of the military's foray into the media, and a new preface.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (pages 359-374) and index.
Source of description
PDF (JSTOR, viewed Nov. 15, 2016).
Contents
  • Milbus : a theoretical concept
  • The Pakistan military : the development of praetorianism, 1947-77
  • Evolution of the military class, 1977-2005
  • The structure of Milbus
  • Milbus : the formative years, 1954-77
  • Expansion of Milbus, 1977-2005
  • The new land barons
  • Providing for the men : military welfare
  • The cost of Milbus
  • Milbus and the future of Pakistan.
ISBN
  • 9781786800114 ((electronic bk.))
  • 178680011X ((electronic bk.))
OCLC
962731557
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