{"id":7693,"date":"2024-04-02T21:38:58","date_gmt":"2024-04-02T21:38:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/?p=7693"},"modified":"2024-04-02T21:40:09","modified_gmt":"2024-04-02T21:40:09","slug":"religious-elites-and-the-political-economy-of-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/?p=7693","title":{"rendered":"Religious Elites and the Political Economy of Development"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Authors:<\/b> Adeel Malik<\/span><\/a>, Rinchan Ali Mirza<\/span><\/p>

Affiliation: <\/b>University of Oxford, University of Kent<\/span><\/p>

Organization\/Publisher:<\/b> Broadstreet<\/span><\/a><\/p>

Date\/Place:<\/b> November 5, 2021\/ Pakistan<\/span><\/p>

Type of Literature:<\/b> Analysis<\/span><\/p>

Word Count: <\/b>2350<\/span><\/p>

Link:<\/b> https:\/\/broadstreet.blog\/2021\/11\/05\/religious-elites-and-the-political-economy-of-development\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>

Keywords:<\/i><\/b> Political Economy, Pakistan, Punjab, Religious Elite, Economic Development, Sufi Shrines<\/span><\/i><\/p>

Brief:<\/b><\/p>

This piece brings to fore the status and influence that a particular elite attained and yielded because of religion, in Pakistan\u2019s Punjab province, which houses some of South Asia\u2019s oldest Islamic mystical orders. Power families associated with shrines are an important factor in politics and regimes yielding authority over a people. Supported by empirical data, the authors refer to how the \u201cBritish colonial administration treated prominent shrine families as \u2018agrarian castes\u2019, which made them fit to receive landed gentry grants.\u201d The colonial powers ensured the smooth running of power by leaping on these powerful families to \u201cmaintain social order\u201d in the society. In the context of Punjab, the authors point to Kirmani Syeds of Shergarh, caretakers of the shrine of Daud Bandagi. This analysis notes that change in regimes does not much affect this clout \u2013 be it a civil or a military dictatorship, both of them need such constructions of power sphere in Pakistan. \u201cHereditary succession of religious authority facilitates the political persistence of shrine elites over time as it spreads religious power across several generations. Due to the dense and inter-locking ties of shrine brotherhood, shrine elites enjoy strong brokerage capacity both in and outside the parliament,\u201d the authors note. Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani, Shah Mahmood Qureshi, and Fazul Rehman are quite strong names when it comes to politicians yielding influence because of their religious status in the society. The study also reveals how these families, wherever located, have an adverse impact on the spread of education in those regions. \u201cWe show that, without the shrine influence, average literacy rate would have been higher by 13 percent.\u201d This research supports that there is a \u201crelationship between Islam and the underlying distribution of economic and political power\u201d as \u201creligious elites play an important role in structuring power relationships in Muslim Societies.\u201d<\/span><\/p>

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Authors: Adeel Malik, Rinchan Ali Mirza Affiliation: University of Oxford, University of Kent Organization\/Publisher: Broadstreet Date\/Place: November 5, 2021\/ Pakistan Type of Literature: Analysis Word Count: 2350 Link: https:\/\/broadstreet.blog\/2021\/11\/05\/religious-elites-and-the-political-economy-of-development\/ Keywords: Political Economy, Pakistan, Punjab, Religious Elite, Economic Development, Sufi Shrines Brief: This piece brings to fore the status and influence that a particular elite attained 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