SOCIAL SCIENCES IN PAKISTAN: AN EVALUATION

In: International social science journal: ISSJ, Heft 122, S. 617-633

Abstract

THE AUTHOR TRACES THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIAL SCIENCES IN PAKISTAN AND EVALUATES THE PRESENT STATE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES THERE. THE DIFFUSION OF SOCIAL SCIENCES IN THE INDIAN SUBCONTINENT WAS SLOW, PARTICULARLY IN THOSE AREAS NOW COMPRISING PAKISTAN. SINCE INDEPENDENCE AND PARTICULARLY DURING THE 1960'S, SOCIAL SCIENCES PICKED UP MOMENTUM IN PAKISTAN. BY 1983, THERE WERE ABOUT SIXTY SOCIAL SCIENCE DEPARTMENTS IN TWELVE UNIVERSITIES. IN ADDITION, THERE WERE APPROXIMATELY ONE DOZEN INSTITUTES IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR ENGAGED IN SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH, AND A LARGE NUMBER OF GOVERNMENT IN-SERVICE TRAINING INSTITUTIONS USING SOCIAL SCIENCES IN THEIR TRAINING.