Management of Engendered Political System of Pakistan: Post 9/11

Abstract

9/11 political developments in Pakistan has enlarged the component of women status in political system of Pakistan. The significance of this study stems from entwined besiege of women political presence by introverts and extroverts visà-vis global trends. The political uplift of women lacks socio-economic development base and seems non-indigenous. The paper values the systematic theory of international politics based on a model of, “nested politics”. It describes how the three layers of political authority- individual autonomy nested within state heirarchy, nested within international anarchy-constitute an engine for both changes in state behaviour and changes in the distributions that constitute the structure of state vis-à-vis international system. The paper discusses the concept of representation, the ipso-facto empowerment of women, the three dimensional strategy for generative engenderment (harness,-harmonize-homogenize) of political legislation of Pakistan

Keywords

• Women empowerment, Political representation

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