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Podcast: New Books in Political Science
Episode: How have Bureaucratic Politics Undermined Pakistan’s Prospects for Democracy?
Description: For many years, explanations of Pakistan’s politics and its failed democratic transition have focused on the role of the military and politicians. But how have the country’s bureaucrats contributed to the failed democratic transition? And why do their interactions with politicians continue to perpetuate the country’s political instability? Listen as Petra Alderman talks to Sameen Ali about Pakistani bureaucrats, their appointments and interactions with politicians, and the ways in which these interactions have kept Pakistan in the grey zone between democracy and authoritarianism.Sameen A. Mohsin Ali is an Assistant Professor of International Development at the...