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FROM ELITIST AUTHORITARIANISM TO BONAPARTIST POPULISM THE BHUTTO FACTOR IN PAKISTAN

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2020(V-II).56      10.31703/gssr.2020(V-II).56      Published : Jun 2

From Elitist Authoritarianism to Bonapartist Populism: The Bhutto Factor in Pakistan

Abstract

    Right from its inception in 1947, Pakistan has been ruled by an elitist pattern inherited by British Colonial rule. After eleven years of authoritarian dictatorship under General Ayub Khan, the people of Pakistan launched a movement that was a class-conscious movement in its nature. The movement gave rise to Bhutto, and after the sad demise of the Eastern wing of the country, he took over the power. Though he implemented the unmatched egalitarian reforms in various sectors but espoused "Bonapartist" actions not only against his political opponents but his own party stalwarts, journalists and trade unionists, which shadowed his revolutionary reformist agenda. Such "fascist" populism paved the way for another military dictatorship which tore up the very fabric of democratic norms and civilian supremacy. The study examines the transition from elitist authoritarianism to Bonapartist populism. The regime shift was followed by the installation of various elitist groups led to the re-emergence of the same elitist authoritarian rule cultured by Gen. Ayub and his ancestors.

    Civil-military-bureaucratic Oligarchy, Elitist Rule, Martial Law, Bonapartism, Feudalism, Populism, Authoritative Rule, Fascism, Egalitarian

    (1) Abid Hussain Abbasi
    Assistant Professor, Department of Pakistan Studies and History, National University of Modern Languages Islamabad
    (2) Azhar Mahmood Abbasi
    Lecturer, Department of Pakistan Studies and History, National University of Modern Languages Islamabad, Pakistan
    (3) Muhammad Anwar
    Lecturer, Department of Pakistan Studies and History, National University of Modern Languages Islamabad, Pakistan
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APA

    APA : Abbasi, A. H., Abbasi, A. M., & Anwar, M. (2020). From Elitist Authoritarianism to Bonapartist Populism: The Bhutto Factor in Pakistan. Global Social Sciences Review, V(II), 582 -590. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2020(V-II).56

CHICAGO

    CHICAGO : Abbasi, Abid Hussain, Azhar Mahmood Abbasi, and Muhammad Anwar. 2020. "From Elitist Authoritarianism to Bonapartist Populism: The Bhutto Factor in Pakistan." Global Social Sciences Review, V (II): 582 -590 doi: 10.31703/gssr.2020(V-II).56

HARVARD

    HARVARD : ABBASI, A. H., ABBASI, A. M. & ANWAR, M. 2020. From Elitist Authoritarianism to Bonapartist Populism: The Bhutto Factor in Pakistan. Global Social Sciences Review, V, 582 -590.

MHRA

    MHRA : Abbasi, Abid Hussain, Azhar Mahmood Abbasi, and Muhammad Anwar. 2020. "From Elitist Authoritarianism to Bonapartist Populism: The Bhutto Factor in Pakistan." Global Social Sciences Review, V: 582 -590

MLA

    MLA : Abbasi, Abid Hussain, Azhar Mahmood Abbasi, and Muhammad Anwar. "From Elitist Authoritarianism to Bonapartist Populism: The Bhutto Factor in Pakistan." Global Social Sciences Review, V.II (2020): 582 -590 Print.

OXFORD

    OXFORD : Abbasi, Abid Hussain, Abbasi, Azhar Mahmood, and Anwar, Muhammad (2020), "From Elitist Authoritarianism to Bonapartist Populism: The Bhutto Factor in Pakistan", Global Social Sciences Review, V (II), 582 -590

TURABIAN

    TURABIAN : Abbasi, Abid Hussain, Azhar Mahmood Abbasi, and Muhammad Anwar. "From Elitist Authoritarianism to Bonapartist Populism: The Bhutto Factor in Pakistan." Global Social Sciences Review V, no. II (2020): 582 -590. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2020(V-II).56