The Struggle between Civilian and Military Elites: Impacts on Political Development in Pakistan (2002–2013)
This research aims to analyze the effects of the civil and military authority conflict on Pakistan’s political growth between 2002 and 2013. The paper will utilize Lucian Pye’s equality, capacity, and differentiation framework to critique how elite fragmentation influenced the political system. During the rule of Musharraf (2002–2008), military elites excluded the civilian elites through electoral engineering, an emasculated judiciary, and bureaucratic authoritarianism through local government legislation. The judiciary, through removing Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani from his position, aggravated the instability of the political system. Electoral changes, such as the emergence of a new dominant elite group, such as the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Party, complicate the issue. The study also establishes that a lack of unity among the civilian and military elites contributed to the erosion of political equality, weakened institutional development, and delayed differentiation, which slowed the general political evolution of Pakistan.
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Pakistan’s Civilian and Military Elites, Political Development 2002-2013, Lucian Pye New Structuralism, Elite Fragmentation
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(1) Haris Nawaz
BS Graduate, Department of Political Science, Government College University Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
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APA : Nawaz, H. (2024). The Struggle between Civilian and Military Elites: Impacts on Political Development in Pakistan (2002–2013). Global Political Review, IX(IV), 120-128. https://doi.org/10.31703/gpr.2024(IX-IV).11
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CHICAGO : Nawaz, Haris. 2024. "The Struggle between Civilian and Military Elites: Impacts on Political Development in Pakistan (2002–2013)." Global Political Review, IX (IV): 120-128 doi: 10.31703/gpr.2024(IX-IV).11
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HARVARD : NAWAZ, H. 2024. The Struggle between Civilian and Military Elites: Impacts on Political Development in Pakistan (2002–2013). Global Political Review, IX, 120-128.
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MHRA : Nawaz, Haris. 2024. "The Struggle between Civilian and Military Elites: Impacts on Political Development in Pakistan (2002–2013)." Global Political Review, IX: 120-128
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MLA : Nawaz, Haris. "The Struggle between Civilian and Military Elites: Impacts on Political Development in Pakistan (2002–2013)." Global Political Review, IX.IV (2024): 120-128 Print.
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OXFORD : Nawaz, Haris (2024), "The Struggle between Civilian and Military Elites: Impacts on Political Development in Pakistan (2002–2013)", Global Political Review, IX (IV), 120-128
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TURABIAN : Nawaz, Haris. "The Struggle between Civilian and Military Elites: Impacts on Political Development in Pakistan (2002–2013)." Global Political Review IX, no. IV (2024): 120-128. https://doi.org/10.31703/gpr.2024(IX-IV).11