@article{1448999,
      recid = {1448999},
      author = {Asghar Khan, Mohammad,},
      title = {Mainstreaming the Tribal Areas (ex-FATA) of Pakistan  bordering Afghanistan : challenges and prospects /},
      pages = {1 online resource (402 pages)},
      abstract = {The book addresses why the Pakistani state is facing  persistent challenges in extending and consolidating its  governance (authority) throughout its territories,  especially in the former Federally Administered Tribal  Areas (ex-FATA)? Even after the de jure merger, the  question still remains valid that how Pakistani state could  establish its governance in these tribal areas? Through  multi-dimensional approaches and multi-pronged analysis of  state-centric (top-down), society-centric (bottom-up) and  state-in-society (mixed-horizontal) approaches, the book  explains factors and dimensions that pose challenges to  Pakistani state governance in ex-FATA. The main hypothesis  is that societies, where state governance is absent, turn  to informal governance and create informal institutions as  a substitute for the weak central state governance thereby  challenging the domination and control/authority of the  state. The book presents policy recommendations for  bringing these tribal areas into the mainstream governance  system of Pakistan. Asghar Khan is the head of the  Department of Regional Studies, University of Peshawar, and  teaches Political Science there.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1448999},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-1794-3},
}