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UNINA9910792428803321 |
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Autore |
Khan Nichola |
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Titolo |
Mohajir militancy in Pakistan : violence and practices of transformation in the Karachi conflict / / Nichola Khan |
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London : , : Routledge, , 2010 |
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ISBN |
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1-135-16192-5 |
1-135-16193-3 |
1-282-57151-6 |
9786612571510 |
0-203-85812-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (200 p.) |
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Collana |
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Routledge Contemporary South Asia Series |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 The Mohajirs transposed; 3 The transformation: A violent becoming; 4 Partition reprised: Grievance, unification and violence; 5 Women in the homeland; 6 God's justice in Liaquatabad: Jamaat e Islami and the Islami Jamiat Tuleba; 7 Conclusion; Afterword; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Synthesizing political, anthropological and psychological perspectives, this book addresses the everyday causes and appeal of long-term involvement in extreme political violence in urban Pakistan. Taking Pakistan's ethno nationalist Mohajir party, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) as a case study, it explores how certain men from the ethnic community of Mohajirs are recruited to the roles and statuses of political killers, and sustain violence as a primary social identity and lifestyle over a period of some years. By drawing on detailed fieldwork in areas involved in the Karachi conflict, |
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