All 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

Review of: Hilary Synnott, Transforming Pakistan: Ways Out of Instability (London: Routledge and the International Institute of Strategic Studies [IISS], 2009), 198 pp. (2011)
Journal Article
Nelson, M. J. (2011). Review of: Hilary Synnott, Transforming Pakistan: Ways Out of Instability (London: Routledge and the International Institute of Strategic Studies [IISS], 2009), 198 pp. South Asia Research, 31(2), 183-185. https://doi.org/10.1177/026272801103100205

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

In the Shadow of Shari‘ah:  Islam, Islamic Law, and Democracy in Pakistan (2011)
Book
Nelson, M. J. (2011). In the Shadow of Shari‘ah:  Islam, Islamic Law, and Democracy in Pakistan. Columbia University Press

Review of Irfan Ahmad, 'Islam and Democracy in India: The Transformation of Jamaat-e-Islami' (2011)
Journal Article
Nelson, M. J. (2011). Review of Irfan Ahmad, 'Islam and Democracy in India: The Transformation of Jamaat-e-Islami'. American Ethnologist, 38(2), 405-406. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1548-1425.2011.01312_24.x

"Faith" and "Development" in Secular and Religious Schools (2011)
Journal Article
Nelson, M. J. (2011). "Faith" and "Development" in Secular and Religious Schools. Comparative Education Review, 55(1), 115-117, 129. https://doi.org/10.1086/657650

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?.

Dealing with Difference: Religious Education and the Challenge of Democracy in Pakistan (2010)
Book Chapter
Nelson, M. J. (2010). Dealing with Difference: Religious Education and the Challenge of Democracy in Pakistan. In M. Merry, & J. Milligan (Eds.), Citizenship, Education, and Identity in Muslim Communities (103-123). Palgrave

Persistent Legal Pluralism and the Challenge of Universal Human Rights (2010)
Journal Article
Nelson, M. J. (2010). Persistent Legal Pluralism and the Challenge of Universal Human Rights. Journal of Human Rights Practice, 2(3), 401-407. https://doi.org/10.1093/jhuman/huq012

Muslims, Markets, and the Meaning of "A Good Education" in Pakistan (2010)
Book Chapter
Nelson, M. J. (2010). Muslims, Markets, and the Meaning of "A Good Education" in Pakistan. In T. Abbas (Ed.), Islam and Education. Vol. 2. Routledge