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CPEC AND POLITICS OF INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT

45 Pages : 662-671

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2018(III-IV).45      10.31703/gssr.2018(III-IV).45      Published : Dec 2018

CPEC and Politics of Infrastructural Development

    China-Pakistan's economic corridor provides a strategic link to Belt and Road Initiatives (BRI) and its global outreach. The infrastructural connectivity between China and Pakistan is primarily focused on the trade route to get access in the markets of theMiddle East, Europe, and Africa. In the context of CPEC,what does infrastructure mean? What does it reflect/represent? And to whom is it? Are the major questions that have been explored in this paper.Infrastructural development encompasses a holistic social sphere that relates to physical and institutional structures. It also facilitates the flow of commodities, including capita land sources of production. After the 9/11 incident, Pakistan became a front line state against the war on terror; then, its internal and external factors compelled Pakistan towards Chinese-led infrastructural development to consolidate State power. This paper is an attempt to explore the politics of infrastructure development in the context of CPEC. The findings are based on empirical evidence with strong insights from a theoretical framework. Positivist, post positivist, and critical approaches have been used to explore the relationship between CPEC and the politics of infrastructural development.

    (1) Muhammad Shakeel Ahmad
    Assistant Professor, Centre for Policy Studies, COMSATS Institute of Information TechnologyIslamabad, Pakistan
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    CHICAGO : Ahmad, Muhammad Shakeel. 2018. "CPEC and Politics of Infrastructural Development." Global Social Sciences Review, III (IV): 662-671 doi: 10.31703/gssr.2018(III-IV).45
    HARVARD : AHMAD, M. S. 2018. CPEC and Politics of Infrastructural Development. Global Social Sciences Review, III, 662-671.
    MHRA : Ahmad, Muhammad Shakeel. 2018. "CPEC and Politics of Infrastructural Development." Global Social Sciences Review, III: 662-671
    MLA : Ahmad, Muhammad Shakeel. "CPEC and Politics of Infrastructural Development." Global Social Sciences Review, III.IV (2018): 662-671 Print.
    OXFORD : Ahmad, Muhammad Shakeel (2018), "CPEC and Politics of Infrastructural Development", Global Social Sciences Review, III (IV), 662-671