Outputs (75)

Islamic Law in an Islamic Republic: What Role for Parliament? (2015)
Report
Nelson, M. J. (2015). Islamic Law in an Islamic Republic: What Role for Parliament?

Social, Religious, and Political Change in Pakistan (2014)
Journal Article
Nelson, M. J. (2014). Social, Religious, and Political Change in Pakistan. Seminar (New Delhi.1959), 664, 20-23

TYPICALLY, those with an interest in the politics of Pakistan focus on macro-level trends at the level of high politics. Occasionally, some attention is paid to regional, ethnic and sectarian politics. In what follows, I turn to grassroots trends roo... Read More about Social, Religious, and Political Change in Pakistan.

The India-Pakistan relationship: From Delhi to Islamabad via Rawalpindi (2014)
Digital Artefact
Nelson, M. J. The India-Pakistan relationship: From Delhi to Islamabad via Rawalpindi

'Ilm and the Individual: Islamic Education and the Production of Political Ideas in Pakistan (2014)
Book Chapter
Nelson, M. J. (2014). 'Ilm and the Individual: Islamic Education and the Production of Political Ideas in Pakistan. In R. Jeffrey, & R. Sen (Eds.), Being Muslim in South Asia: Diversity and Daily Life (161-180). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof%3Aoso/9780198092063.003.0008

Scholars with an interest in the formation of religious ideas in Pakistan—including, especially, ideas about the management of sectarian and doctrinal difference—often stress the role of educational institutions. This largely conceptual chapter uses... Read More about 'Ilm and the Individual: Islamic Education and the Production of Political Ideas in Pakistan.

Supporting Subversion? International Organisations and "Freedom of Conscience" in Islamic States (2013)
Book Chapter
Nelson, M. J. (2013). Supporting Subversion? International Organisations and "Freedom of Conscience" in Islamic States. In P. Annicchino (Ed.), Freedom of religion or belief in foreign policy : which one? (42-46). European University Institute. https://doi.org/10.2870/82890

Does Democracy Mean Different Things in India and Pakistan? (2013)
Digital Artefact
Nelson, M. J. (2013). Does Democracy Mean Different Things in India and Pakistan?

In the run-up to Pakistan’s general elections on May 11, India At LSE publishes three posts reflecting on India-Pakistan bilateral relations and democracy in South Asia. Matthew Nelson starts the series by asking whether the relationship between demo... Read More about Does Democracy Mean Different Things in India and Pakistan?.

Pakistan's Populist Foreign Policy (2013)
Journal Article
Milam, W. B., & Nelson, M. J. (2013). Pakistan's Populist Foreign Policy. Survival, 55(1), 121-134. https://doi.org/10.1080/00396338.2013.767409

If US policymakers did not fully understand before 2011 how important the so-called ‘Arab street’ is in the politics of the Middle East and North Africa, they surely do by now. Whether this principle extends to other parts of the Muslim world is not... Read More about Pakistan's Populist Foreign Policy.

The quest for humanity in a dehumanised state: Afghan refugees and devalued citizens in urban Pakistan, 1979-2012 (2013)
Thesis
Alimia, S. The quest for humanity in a dehumanised state: Afghan refugees and devalued citizens in urban Pakistan, 1979-2012. (Thesis). SOAS, University of London

Inheritance Unbound: The Politics of Personal Law Reform in Pakistan and India (2012)
Book Chapter
Nelson, M. J. (2012). Inheritance Unbound: The Politics of Personal Law Reform in Pakistan and India. In S. Khilnani, V. Raghavan, & A. Thiravengadam (Eds.), Comparative Constitutionalism in South Asia (219-246). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof%3Aoso/9780198081760.003.0008

This chapter describes the constitutional and political dimensions of formal legal change in Pakistan and India. The process of change referred to is one with an explicitly ‘religious’ dimensions: in effect, a process of changing ostensibly ‘transcen... Read More about Inheritance Unbound: The Politics of Personal Law Reform in Pakistan and India.

Pakistan (2012)
Book Chapter
Nelson, M. J. (2012). Pakistan. In J. Dizard, C. Walker, & V. Tucker (Eds.), Countries at the Crossroads 2011: An Analysis of Democratic Governance (449-472). Freedom House : Rowman & Littlefield