The Pakistani Voter, Electoral Politics and Voting Behaviour in the PunjabOxford University Press, 1999 - 341 pages A study of voting behaviour in Pakistan. Beginning by outlining Pakistan's electoral history, it then proceeds to analyze voting behaviour in Pakistan's most populous and politicaly powerful province: the Punjab. The book argues that the main underlying determinant of voting behaviour in the Punjab is voter perception of which candidate and party will be the most effective at delivering patronage. |
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... objective of this study is therefore to provide one of the few detailed analyses of electoral politics and voting behaviour in Pakistan . This study challenges the common perception in Pakistan that voting decisions are largely ...
... objective of this study is therefore to provide one of the few detailed analyses of electoral politics and voting behaviour in Pakistan . This study challenges the common perception in Pakistan that voting decisions are largely ...
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... objective of this study is therefore to provide the first detailed analysis of voting behaviour in Pakistan since the 1970 elections , and to provide some empirically - based answers to the question , ' Who is voting for whom and why ...
... objective of this study is therefore to provide the first detailed analysis of voting behaviour in Pakistan since the 1970 elections , and to provide some empirically - based answers to the question , ' Who is voting for whom and why ...
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... objective has always been to hold elections that would legitimize but not change the status quo . To a considerable extent , Pakistan's electoral and political history has been shaped by the various strategies that have been devised to ...
... objective has always been to hold elections that would legitimize but not change the status quo . To a considerable extent , Pakistan's electoral and political history has been shaped by the various strategies that have been devised to ...
Contents
Pakistans Electoral History | 15 |
Punjabs Electoral Geography | 34 |
The UrbanRural Divide | 68 |
Copyright | |
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1970 elections 1993 elections analysis Asian Bhutto biradari campaign canal candidates cast Census cent central Punjab Chapter cities colony constituency contested Democracy detailed determinants differences District East economic electoral elite explain faction factors Faisalabad female former groups held important included increase independent India indicates industrial influence Institute interview by author Islamabad Islamic issues Jones Karachi Khan labour Lahore land leaders lost lower major male middle classes military Minister National Assembly Nawaz Sharif northern organization Pakistan party patronage percentage PML(N policies political politicians polling station population PPP's President Provincial Punjab received region Report role rural seats September social South southern Punjab Statistics strong Survey Table Tape recording ticket Town traditional University Press upper urban villages voters voting behaviour wards West western Punjab women Zulfikar Ali Bhutto