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Securing Muslim Boundaries: Religious Freedom and Public Order in Pakistan and Malaysia (2023)
Book Chapter
Nelson, M. J. (2023). Securing Muslim Boundaries: Religious Freedom and Public Order in Pakistan and Malaysia. In I. Lumina (Ed.), The Politics of Muslim Identities in Asia (48-65). Edinburgh University Press. https://doi.org/10.3366/edinburgh/9781474466837.003.0004

This chapter examines the construction of religious identity boundaries via the identification of outsiders (here, so-called ‘heretics’) in Muslim-majority Pakistan and Malaysia. Specifically, it shows how constitutional formulations concerning relig... Read More about Securing Muslim Boundaries: Religious Freedom and Public Order in Pakistan and Malaysia.

Regime Types, Regime Transitions, and Religion in Pakistan (2022)
Book Chapter
Nelson, M. J. (2022). Regime Types, Regime Transitions, and Religion in Pakistan. In M. Cammett, & P. Jones (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Politics in Muslim Societies (115-142). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190931056.013.18

How does religion shape regime types, and regime transitions, in Muslim-majority states? Focusing on Pakistan, this chapter examines the limited role of religious groups and religious ideas in driving political transitions between military and civili... Read More about Regime Types, Regime Transitions, and Religion in Pakistan.

Intra-Ethnic Fragmentation and the Politics of Ethnically Decentralising Constitutional Change in Pakistan: A Comparative Study (2022)
Thesis
Salman Rafi, H. M. Intra-Ethnic Fragmentation and the Politics of Ethnically Decentralising Constitutional Change in Pakistan: A Comparative Study. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

Within the literature on the politics of ethnic conflict resolution via constitutional reforms, ethnic ‘majorities’ are often presumed to oppose constitutional forms of power-sharing (ethnic decentralisation). In this thesis, I challenge this assumpt... Read More about Intra-Ethnic Fragmentation and the Politics of Ethnically Decentralising Constitutional Change in Pakistan: A Comparative Study.