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Pakistan's coming crisis

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Pakistan's 2024 elections delivered a shocking surprise. Imran Khan's PTI won the largest number of seats amid heavy state repression. With this result, well-worn political patterns—whereby military favor virtually guaranteed a party's electoral success—were upended. This essay argues that Pakistan's 2024 election is not a "black swan" event but instead signals a coming crisis of governability that grows out of three structural changes: the rise of an aspirational middle class, the erosion of...

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Published
Peer review status:
Peer reviewed

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10.1353/jod.2024.a930428

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
SSD
Department:
International Development
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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
SSD
Department:
Blavatnik School of Government
Oxford college:
St Hilda's College
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Publisher:
Johns Hopkins University Press
Journal:
Journal of Democracy More from this journal
Volume:
35
Issue:
3
Pages:
69-83
Publication date:
2024-07-01
Acceptance date:
2024-05-26
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EISSN:
1086-3214
ISSN:
1045-5736
Language:
English
Pubs id:
2027765
Local pid:
pubs:2027765
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2024-09-13

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