Varying Written Perspectives on Politics of Pakistan

Sajid Mahmood Awan and Sana Hussan
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Sajid Mahmood Awan: Senior Research Fellow at the National Institute of Historical and Cultural Research (NIHCR), Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan
Sana Hussan: Senior Research Fellow, Humanity Research Council, Islamabad, Pakistan

Global Social Sciences Review, 2017, vol. 2, issue 1, 106-114

Abstract: Every discipline has its own specific perspective. The very difference of varying perspectives draws a line primarily between scientific and nonscientific knowledge. Then, amongst sciences it differentiates the rational from the empirical sciences. Apart from the natural sciences social sciences also utilize both rational and empirical approaches to science. Even, with in both of these perspectives there are also some other perspectives of social sciences. The present paper attempts to explore these perspectives as per the varying approaches of the respective writers contributing to the domain of the politics of Pakistan. A number of scholars have explored the politics of Pakistan. A brief review of them shows that they have studied the phenomenon of politics in Pakistan as per their respective approaches. The varying perspectives of these researchers can broadly be categorised into four main approaches i.e. 'Elitist Approach', 'Marxian Approach', 'Ideological Approach', and 'Praetorian Approach'. Every researcher of social science should necessarily understand the difference of these perspectives before initiating his investigation in to the politics of Pakistan. This paper aims to engulf the writings of all the potential writers in this field.

Keywords: Politics; Elitist; Marxist; Ideological; Praetorian; Approaches; Perspectives; Pakistan. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.31703/gssr.2017(II-I).07

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