Academic Articles in Lahore School of Economics Journals: Recent submissions

  • SOCIAL PROFILE OF HIGHER BUREAUCRACY IN PAKISTAN 
    MUNEER AHMAD (© Lahore School of Economics, 2009-12)
    In this paper an attempt has been made to delineate the characteristic social background of a typical civil servant in Pakistan. For this purpose the data on social background of the civil servants of the first twenty-five ...
  • ORIENTALISM AND PAKISTAN 
    ZAHID SHARIFF (© Lahore School of Economics, 2009-12)
    The assumptions and practices associated with Orientalism were essential elements in the domination of colonial and post-colonial societies. Despite the long history of struggles against such oppression, no one else provided ...
  • RESTRUCTURING THE STOCK EXCHANGES IN PAKISTAN: ECONOMIC AND REGULATORY POLICY ISSUES 
    JAMSHED Y. UPPAL (© Lahore School of Economics, 2009-12)
    The ongoing global financial crisis has forced a paradigm shift in the thinking about the role of free-markets and public regulation which calls for a re-evaluation of the economic and development policies throughout the ...
  • KALABAGH DAM AND THE WATER DEBATE IN PAKISTAN 
    MUNIR GHAZANFAR (© Lahore School of Economics, 2008-09)
    Kalabagh Dam (KBD) project holds a unique place in Pakistan’s policy making history. It has generated significant heated debate and controversy for a very long time. Three out of the country’s four provinces have refused ...
  • RELIGION AND GOVERNANCE IN A GLOBALIZING WORLD: A Comparative Study of Muslim Countries 
    RIAZ HASSAN (© Lahore School of Economics, 2008-09)
    The relationship between politics and religion in Muslim countries has become a much debated and discussed issue among scholars of Islam and Muslim societies. A commonly stated view of many Western and Muslim scholars ...
  • ON IMPROVING SOCIAL SCIENCE EDUCATION IN PAKISTAN 
    ASAD ZAMAN (© Lahore School of Economics, 2008-09)
    How do we arrest the decline of the social sciences in Pakistan? Is it a matter of money or one of sending more students to the West who might then return to teaching at the local universities? In this article I argue ...
  • MAKING PAKISTAN UNIVERSITIES CENTRES FOR RESEARCH A case study of the Centre for Solid State Physics 
    TARIQ ABDULLAH (© Lahore School of Economics, 2008-09)
    In the last five years (2002-2007) under the directions of the Higher Education Commission, Islamabad, a process of transforming Universities within Pakistan into research oriented Universities has been initiated. What ...
  • THE DIALECTICS BETWEEN DIVERSITY AND UNITARIANISM IN PAKISTAN 
    SAJJAD NASEER (© Lahore School of Economics, 2008-09)
    To seek unity amid diversity has been the eternal problem of India. The British succeeded in establishing a strong political centre to rule India formally for a century. The legacy of the British for central and south ...
  • GLOBALIZATION DRIVEN POLICIES IN AGRICULTURE AN IMPACT ANALYSIS 
    USMAN MUSTAFA; ABDUL QUDDUS (© Lahore School of Economics, 2008-09)
    World agriculture is changing fast under the new rules of the game, with the WTO agreement on agriculture. The present study is designed to critically analyze the impacts of trade liberalization on agriculture, food ...
  • AN HISTORICAL EVALUATION OF “EXPORTLED GROWTH” POLICY IN PAKISTAN 
    MOHAMMAD AFZAL; KARAMAT ALI (© Lahore School of Economics, 2008-09)
    An historical review of Pakistan’s trade history shows that economy had led exports more than the export led the economy. Economic growth has responded to the emphasis on domestic market rather than on trade. Economic ...
  • CRITICAL METHODOLOGY IN POLICY ANALYSIS CRITICAL REALIST APPROACH 
    AURANGZEB SYED (© Lahore School of Economics, 2008-09)
    Most mainstream research in social science is dominated by positivist methodologies such as regression analysis and pays little attention to the larger philosophical considerations of knowledge, thus denying any space ...
  • STATE OF THE UNION SOCIAL AUDIT OF GOVERNANCE IN UC BHANGALI 2007 
    MUNEER AHMAD (© Lahore School of Economics, 2008-09)
    This article seeks to ascertain the impact of devolution on the everyday life of the residents of Union Council Bhangali. Information is based primarily on a sample survey of the population. Limited knowledge of and ...
  • URBANIZATION, GLOBALIZATION AND INSTITUTIONAL LAGS IN PAKISTAN 
    MOHAMMAD A. QADEER (© Lahore School of Economics, 2008-09)
    Pakistan is an urbanized society, spatially and materially. Urban modes of living have spread. Globalization is further accelerating the urbanization of the society. While the society is being strung into the urban modes ...
  • THE MUSHARRAF DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY: WILL IT DELIVER? 
    RASHID AMJAD (© Lahore School of Economics, 2007-06)
    The paper examines the major components of the development strategy pursued by the Musharraf regime since it took over in 1999 (called “ The Musharraf Development Strategy”). It examines the extent to which it departs ...
  • GIVING AND GAINING PHILANTHROPY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE IN MUSLIM SOCIETIES 
    RIAZ HASSAN (© Lahore School of Economics, 2007-06)
    There is a longstanding tradition of philanthropy and charity in Muslim societies which is grounded in religion. As part of their religious duty Muslims are required to give a proportion of their income to provide for ...
  • RE-CONCEPTUALIZING PUBLIC POLICY PROCESS REVIEW OF CONCEPTS AND MODELS 
    NASIR ISLAM (© Lahore School of Economics, 2007-06)
    Policy relates to political decision making generally at the level of the government. Policy analysis starts from the vague goals identified by the politicians and involves defining the problem, the objectives, the ...
  • THE KASHMIR-HAZARA EARTHQUAKE, 2005: WHY, HOW AND WHAT NEXT 
    MUNIR GHAZANFAR (© Lahore School of Economics, 2007-06)
    The 7.6 magnitude shallow focus earthquake of October 8, 2005, with an epicenter few km NNE of Muzaffarabad, Kashmir, changed the lives and perceptions of the affected millions as well as of those not so affected. This ...
  • REPRESENTATION, PARTICIPATION, EMPOWERMENT Assessment of Devolution in Union Council, Bhangali 
    MUNEER AHMAD (© Lahore School of Economics, 2007-06)
    This is a piece of process research which studies the much publicized devolution of governance plan in the microcosm of union council Bhangali in the district of Lahore. The structure and operation of devolution at the ...
  • A STRONGER SOCIAL DIMENSION FOR GLOBALIZATION 
    GERRY RODGERS (© Lahore School of Economics, 2007-06)
    There is widespread concern that the current pattern of globalization does not adequately support major social goals such as employment and social protection. The World Commission on the Social Dimension of Globalization, ...
  • DEVOLUTION OF POWER AND POVERTY ALLEVIATION THE MISSING LINK 
    FAYYAZ BAQIR (© Lahore School of Economics, 2007-06)
    This article reviews Devolution of Power as an exercise in shifting power from one group of representatives to another group of representatives. Devolution of Power cannot achieve empowerment of ordinary people because ...

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