http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2019(IV-II).38
10.31703/gssr.2019(IV-II).38
Published : Jun 2019
Moral Suasion or Policy Reforms? How to Tackle Sectarian Violence in Pakistan: The Case Study of Gilgit-Baltistan
The existing literature in social sciences and humanities analyzing root causes of sectarian and religious conflicts focus mostly on micro-factors. The inability of market and state factors to control sectarian conflict for last seven decades remains understudied by the contemporary literature. This article aims at filling that gap and seeks to identify certain market and government failures that have implications on sectarian and religious conflicts. More specifically, it identifies four market failures namely asymmetries of information, externalities, equity and public goods and three government failures, which include democracy failure, bureaucratic failure and implementation failure. In contrast to the literature shedding light on the impact and gravity of sectarian and religious violence in the country, the purpose here remains to highlight important aspects of public policy reforms for peace making and peace building. This article, based on the aforementioned market and government failures, suggests a whole new set of policy reforms.
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(1) Saranjam Muhammad Baig
Assistant Professor,College of Economics and Political Science, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat Oman.
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APA : Baig, S. M. (2019). Moral Suasion or Policy Reforms? How to Tackle Sectarian Violence in Pakistan: The Case Study of Gilgit-Baltistan. Global Social Sciences Review, IV(II), 291-297. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2019(IV-II).38
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CHICAGO : Baig, Saranjam Muhammad. 2019. "Moral Suasion or Policy Reforms? How to Tackle Sectarian Violence in Pakistan: The Case Study of Gilgit-Baltistan." Global Social Sciences Review, IV (II): 291-297 doi: 10.31703/gssr.2019(IV-II).38
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HARVARD : BAIG, S. M. 2019. Moral Suasion or Policy Reforms? How to Tackle Sectarian Violence in Pakistan: The Case Study of Gilgit-Baltistan. Global Social Sciences Review, IV, 291-297.
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MHRA : Baig, Saranjam Muhammad. 2019. "Moral Suasion or Policy Reforms? How to Tackle Sectarian Violence in Pakistan: The Case Study of Gilgit-Baltistan." Global Social Sciences Review, IV: 291-297
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MLA : Baig, Saranjam Muhammad. "Moral Suasion or Policy Reforms? How to Tackle Sectarian Violence in Pakistan: The Case Study of Gilgit-Baltistan." Global Social Sciences Review, IV.II (2019): 291-297 Print.
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OXFORD : Baig, Saranjam Muhammad (2019), "Moral Suasion or Policy Reforms? How to Tackle Sectarian Violence in Pakistan: The Case Study of Gilgit-Baltistan", Global Social Sciences Review, IV (II), 291-297
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TURABIAN : Baig, Saranjam Muhammad. "Moral Suasion or Policy Reforms? How to Tackle Sectarian Violence in Pakistan: The Case Study of Gilgit-Baltistan." Global Social Sciences Review IV, no. II (2019): 291-297. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2019(IV-II).38