Lahore University of Management Sciences. Fall POL 341 Political Economy of Pakistan

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1 POL 341 Political Economy of Pakistan Fall Instructor Room No. Office Hours Telephone Secretary/TA TA Office Hours Course URL (if any) Taimur Rehman 123, SS Wing TBA COURSE BASICS Credit Hours Lecture(s) Recitation/Lab (per week) Tutorial (per week) 2 lectures per week Nbr of Lec(s) Per Week Nbr of Lec(s) Per Week 1hr 50mins COURSE DESCRIPTION During the 18 th century the term Political Economy emerged as a study of modern productive relations within the economies of bourgoeis political states. Political economy began with the labor theory of value and was developed by John Locke, Adam Smith, David Ricardo, Thomas Malthus, and Karl Marx. By the late 19 th century Political Economy branched out into the separate fields of Political Science and Economics and consequently the study of the connection between productive relations and the state became further estranged from both academic specializations. Whereas economics came increasingly under the influence of axiomatic mathematical models or game theorems, political science came under the influence of psychological behavorialist and sometimes, to the detriment of the subject, the exigencies of real-politik. The study of the relationship between productive relations and politics, therefore, was continued by those who wrote under the now interdisciplinary subject of political economy. Therefore, political economy is today most commonly associated with the study of society drawing from both economics and politics. This course is an attempt at understanding some of the significant debates that have occupied the realm of political economy in relation to Pakistan. Over the next 20 classes we will attempt to study the impact of production on politics and vice versa through the medium of issues such as class, labor, health, education, poverty, industrial concentration and ownership, economic policies, and state-society relations. COURSE OBJECTIVES

2 1. Familiarize students with some of the important debates within the subject of political economy in relation to Pakistan. 2. Deepen understanding of the history of macroeconomic policies and economic development in Pakistan. 3. Attempt to form a holistic picture of the connections between economic and political developments in our history. GRADING Class Attendance 10% Thought Papers 60% Final Paper 30% CHEATING & PLAGIARISM Written work must be properly cited in accordance with the MLA manuals. Please read the MLA manual attached to this reading package carefully and ensure that your papers are in accordance with citation techniques. Failure to abide by these citation techniques will be considered an academic offence. It is expected that all assignments represent original work not previously or simultaneously handed in for credit in another. Cheating, plagiarism, or any other violations of the honour code will be dealt with according to LUMS policy. NOTES ON READING MATERIAL There is no single textbook containing material that could address all aspects of Pakistan. In putting the reading material together, the instructor has made a conscious effort to present some of the more thought provoking and challenging readings to students. These readings are by no means exhaustive nor do they pretend to proportionally represent all points of views given that the literature on the subject is vast. They do, however, represent either important milestones in academic work on Pakistan, or thought provoking articles that will no doubt trigger debate and discussion. All the material will be available in a reading pack; however, the instructor reserves the right to delete, substitute and add new material during the course of the semester. REQUIRED READING LIST 1. Alavi, Hamza, Class and State in Pakistan, in Gardezi, Hassan & Rashid, Jamil, Pakistan The Unstable State Vanguard Books LTD 1983 (pg 40-93) 2. Ali, Syed Mubashir & Bari, Faisal, At the Millennium: Macro-Economic Performance and Prospects, in Baxter, Craig & Kennedy Charles H. Pakistan 2000, OUP 2001 (pg 34-61) 3. Amjad, Rashid, Industrial Concentration and Economic Power, in Gardezi, Hassan & Rashid, Jamil, Pakistan The Unstable State Vanguard Books LTD 1983 (Chapter 8) 4. Gazdar, Haris, Poverty in Pakistan: A Review in Khan, Shahrukh Rafi (ed.), 50 Years of Pakistan s Economy OUP (pg : ch 9) 5. Jalal, Ayesha, 1958 to the present: towards a conceptual framework The state of martial rule Vanguard (Chapter 7). 6. Rashid, Jamil, The Political Economy of Manpower Export in Gardezi, Hassan & 1983 (Chapter 7) 7. Shahid ur, Who Owns Pakistan?, Shahid ur Rahman (pg1-120) 8. Saheed, Zafar A., The role of the Government in the Development of the Labour Movement in Gardezi, Hassan

3 & 1983 (Chapter 9) 9. Siddiqa-Agha, Ayesha, The Political Economy of National Security in Zaidi S., Akbar (ed.) Continuity and Change: Socio-Political and Institutional Dynamics in Pakistan, City Press 2003 (pg ). 10. State of Human Rights 2004 HRCP 2005 (sections on Labour, Education, Health, pg ) 11. Zaidi, Akbar, Issues in Pakistan s Economy, OUP 12. Zaman, Arshad, Economic Strategies and Policies in Pakistan, in Mumtaz, Soofia; Racine, Jean- Luc; Ali, Imran Anwar Pakistan: The Contours of State and Society, OUP 2002 (chapter 8). REFERENCE READING LIST Ahmed, Viqar & Amjad, Rashid The Management of Pakistan s Economy , OUP Alavi, Hamza; Halliday, Fred (ed.), State and Ideology in the Middle East and Pakistan, Monthly Review Press Burki, Shahid Javid; Baxter, Craig (ed.), Pakistan Under the Military: Eleven Years of Zia-ul-Haq Westview Press, Feldman, Herbert, Revolution in Pakistan:A Study of the Martial Law Administration OUP Husain, Ishrat, Pakistan the Economy of an Elitist State OUP Hussain, Asaf, Elite Politics in an Ideological State: The Case of Pakistan, Dawson Kamanev, Sergei, The Economic Policy of Pakistan, Vanguard Kardar, Shahid, Political Economy of Pakistan, Progressive Publishers Kaushik, Surendra Nath, Pakistan Under Bhutto s Leadership, Uppal Publishing House Khan, Shahrukh Rafi, Reforming Pakistan s Political Economy, SDPI, Vanguard Noman, Omar, The Political Economy of Pakistan , KPI Pakistan Today, Progressive Publishers Samad, Abdus, Governance Economic Policy and Reform in Pakistan: Essays in Political Economy, Vanguard Sayeed, Khalid bin, Pakistan: The Formative Phase , OUP 1998.

4 15. Politics in Pakistan: The Nature and Direction of Change Praeger CLASS SCHEDULE Class Module Reading Assignment 1. Introduction 2. 1 Rural-Industrial Macro-Economic Management and Policies Lecture: On the continuing relevance of Political Economy? Zaman, Arshad, Economic Strategies and Policies in Pakistan, in Mumtaz, Soofia; Racine, Jean-Luc; Ali, Imran Ali, Syed Mubashir & Bari, Faisal, At the Millennium: Macro- Economic Performance and Prospects, in Baxter, Craig & Kennedy Charles H. Pakistan 2000, OUP 2001 (pg 34-61) Zaidi, Akbar, Issues in Pakistan s Economy, OUP R = 32 pages Paper 1 R = 27 pages Paper 2 Each student, one separate R = 33 pages 5. Industrial Concentration and Amjad, Rashid, Industrial Concentration and Economic Power, in Gardezi, Hassan & Rashid, Jamil, Pakistan The Unstable State Ownership Vanguard Books LTD 1983 (Chapter 8, pg ) Paper 3 6. Shahid ur, Who Owns Pakistan?, Shahid ur Rahman R = 30 pages 7. ( 1 30) ) ) 90 Paper Alavi, Hamza, Class and State in Pakistan, in Gardezi, Hassan & R = 25 pages 11. Civil-Military R = 27 pages Relations Alavi, Hamza, Class and State in Pakistan, in Gardezi, Hassan & 12. Jalal, Ayesha, 1958 to the present: towards a conceptual R = 33 pages framework The state of martial rule Vanguard (Chapter 13. Siddiqa-Agha, Ayesha, The Political Economy of National R = 14 pages Security in Zaidi S., Akbar (ed.) Continuity and Change: Socio- Political and Institutional Dynamics in Pakistan, City Press 2003 Paper Labour, Education, Gazdar, Haris, Poverty in Pakistan: A Review in Khan, R = 24 pages Health, Poverty Shahrukh Rafi 15. R = 30 pages Gazdar, Haris, Poverty in Pakistan: A Review in Khan, Shahrukh Rafi Paper State of Human Rights 2004 HRCP 2005 (sections on Labour, Education, Health, pg ) R = 55 pages

5 Lahore University of Management Sciences Saheed, Zafar A., The role of the Government in the Development of the Labour Movement in Gardezi, Hassan & Rashid, Jamil, The Political Economy of Manpower Export in Gardezi, Hassan & Rashid, Jamil, Pakistan The Unstable State Vanguard Books LTD 1983 (Chapter 7, pg ) R = 20 pages R = 14 pages Bonus Paper Research Paper Workshops Workshop Workshop 2