{"product_id":"access-to-power-electricity-and-the-infrastructural-state-in-pakistan-hardcover","title":"Access to Power: Electricity and the Infrastructural State in Pakistan - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eIjlal Naqvi\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePakistan would desperately like to produce enough electricity, but it usually doesn't. Despite prioritization by successive governments, targeted reforms shaped by international development actors, and featuring prominently in Chinese Belt and Road investments, the Pakistani power sector continues to stifle economic and social life across the country. Why? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eAccess to Power\u003c\/em\u003e, Ijlal Naqvi explores state capacity in Pakistan by following the material infrastructure of electricity across the provinces and down into cities and homes. Naqvi argues that the national-level challenges of crippling budgetary constraints and power shortages directly result from conscious strategic decisions that are integral to Pakistan's infrastructural state. As he shows, electricity governance in Pakistan reinforces unequal relations of power between provinces and the federal center, contributes to the marginalization of subordinate groups in the city, and cements the patronage-based relationships between Pakistani citizens and the state that have been so detrimental to development progress. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLooking through the lens of the electrical power sector, \u003cem\u003eAccess to Power\u003c\/em\u003e reveals how Pakistan actually works, and to whose benefit.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIjlal Naqvi \u003c\/strong\u003eis Associate Professor of Sociology and Associate Dean for Curriculum and Teaching at the School of Social Sciences of Singapore Management University. He is interested in how states work on an everyday basis and draws on the fields of development sociology and urban studies in his research. Before becoming an academic Ijlal worked as a business consultant in the US and for the Pakistani government. Ijlal earned his Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has a MA in Law and Diplomacy from the Fletcher School at Tufts University, and a BA from Middlebury College.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.79 x 9.39 x 6.41 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 07, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52732691906867,"sku":"9780197540954","price":178.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/RWFzNDY3VGdLdnorR0VIQXV3bVZPZz09.webp?v=1763902865","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/access-to-power-electricity-and-the-infrastructural-state-in-pakistan-hardcover","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}