: Pakistan has no clear path out of its dynastic politics #IndiaNEWS Recent events have brought concerns around dynasticism in Pakistan’s electoral politics to the fore once again. In reviewing the

Pakistan has no clear path out of its dynastic politics #IndiaNEWS
Recent events have brought concerns around dynasticism in Pakistan’s electoral politics to the fore once again. In reviewing the issue’s causes and consequences, it is important to consider both dynastic leadership succession and local candidate selection. As research by Hassan Javid, Farooq Naseer and Ali Cheema has shown for the case of Pakistan’s Punjab, dynastic candidates – ie those who followed a relative in politics – accounted for approximately two-thirds of the elected legislators and around half of the top three contestants in Pakistan’s National Assembly elections in the province between 1985 and 2008. This is coupled with the fact that the share of dynastic politicians in the Assembly has remained relatively stable during this period.Unequal opportunitiesThe high and continuous prevalence of a dynastic logic in politics makes it hard to ascertain that it flows from the proverbial top, ie lower tiers are replicating the practice of dynastic leadership succession in political parties. Or whether the widely prevalent practise of promoting close relatives to take your place in electoral politics ultimately gets reflected in leadership transitions as well. The causes now appear to be mutually reinforcing regardless of the original sin.Simultaneously, no matter how complicated the causes may be, making the theoretical case against...Read more

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