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Amit Ranjan is a Research Fellow at the Institute of South Asian Studies, National University of Singapore. His latest book is The Aftermath of the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971: Enduring Impacts (edited with Taj Hashmi and Mazhar Abbas, Routledge, 2025). He has also edited Migration, Memories and "Unfinished" Partition (TISS-Routledge series on Migration Studies, 2024) and is the author of Federalism and Inter-State River Water Disputes in India (Routledge, London and New Delhi, 2023), and Contested Waters: India's Transboundary River Water Disputes in South Asia (Routledge, Oxon and New Delhi, 2021).

Ian Talbot is a Professor Emeritus in the History of Modern South Asia at the University of Southampton. He holds a BA at Royal Holloway College, an MA from Oxford University and a PhD from Royal Holloway College. He is a Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and was formerly the Head of History at the University of Southampton.

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This book brings a multi-disciplinary approach to studying Pakistan's contemporary political, social and environmental challenges. It offers insights from various disciplines to show the interconnectedness of many of Pakistan's problems and their historical roots.

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Introduction

Part One: The Political Landscape: Continuity and Change

Chapter 1 The Military at a Political Crossroad? Pakistan 2018-present

Chapter 2 Hybrid Regime Management in Pakistan 1947-2022

Chapter 3 Mapping Federalism in Pakistan

Chapter 4 Governance and Resistance in Pakistan's Peripheries: The Cases of Pakistan-Administered Kashmir, Balochistan, and Gilgit-Baltistan

Chapter 5 Politics of Extremism and the Emergence of the Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan

Chapter 6 Geopolitics, Security, and Imbalance in Pakistan's Foreign Policy: A historical perspective

Chapter 7 Political Economy of Crisis

Part Two: The Changing Social Landscape

Chapter 8 Navigating through the Black Hole of Crises in the post-truth Era: A Curious Case of Pakistan's middle-class Youth

Chapter 9 Media and Election in Pakistan

Chapter 10 New Social Movements in Pakistan: Dynamics and Politics of Aurat March

Chapter 11 Homo-Islamicus: piety, populism, and post-feminism in Pakistan

Chapter12 Pakistan and its diaspora(s): An exploration of Economic and Political Mobilization for the homeland

Chapter 13 : The Case of The Legend of Maula Jatt and Joyland

Chapter 14 Sport in Pakistan: Highs and Lows Amidst Structural Decline

Part Three: Environmental Challenges and Responses

Chapter 15 Pakistan's Water Resources: Availability Concerns, Disputes and Sub-Nationalism ****

Chapter 16 Forests, Climate Change and Politics in Pakistan: The PTI Tree Tsunami in North-West Pakistan

Chapter 17 Pakistan in the face of Climate Change: Current state of Risks, Resilience and Sustainability **