Book review: Political administrators: the story of the civilservice of Pakistan

Iob, Elisabetta (2013) Book review: Political administrators: the story of the civilservice of Pakistan. (28 Feb 2013). Website.

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Much analysis of Pakistan’s government and civil service has been undertaken by political analysts and academicians, but rarely by an individual from within. As and when civil servants have written, they have made an unsuccessful attempt to emphasize their neutrality, quoting instances of how they resisted political pressure, argues Aminullah Chaudry. In Political Administrators, Chaudry shares personal experiences of his time as a civil servant, seeking to question existing literature on the topic. Elisabetta Iob finds that a lack of primary sources damages the book as a historical academic source.

Item Type:	Online resource (Website)
Official URL:	http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofbooks/
Additional Information:	© 2013 LSE Review of Books
Divisions:	LSE
Subjects:	J Political Science > JQ Political institutions Asia, Africa, Australia, Pacific
Date Deposited:	28 Aug 2024 11:28
Last Modified:	13 Sep 2024 18:31
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/125227

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