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Embracing the Ummah: Student Politics beyond State Power in Pakistan (2011)
Journal Article
Nelson, M. J. (2011). Embracing the Ummah: Student Politics beyond State Power in Pakistan. Modern Asian Studies, 45(3), 565-596. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0026749X11000242

Studies of student politics in Pakistan often focus on the competition between ‘secular’ and ‘religious’ student groups—for example, the leftward-leaning National Students Federation, regional parties with a broadly secular orientation like the Pakht... Read More about Embracing the Ummah: Student Politics beyond State Power in Pakistan.

Pakistan 2006-2011 (2011)
Book Chapter
Nelson, M. J. (2011). Pakistan 2006-2011. In Countries at the Crossroads (463-486). Freedom House

Pakistan in 2009: Tackling the Taliban? (2010)
Journal Article
Nelson, M. J. (2010). Pakistan in 2009: Tackling the Taliban?. Asian Survey, 50(1), 112-126. https://doi.org/10.1525/as.2010.50.1.112

Party-based political competition played an important part in shaping key events in Pakistan in 2009. This article examines the impact of party-based competition on the much-delayed restoration of Supreme Court Chief Justice Mohammad Iftikhar Chaudhr... Read More about Pakistan in 2009: Tackling the Taliban?.