Mohajir militancy in Pakistan : violence and practices of transformation in the Karachi conflict / / Nichola Khan

• Autore: Khan Nichola
• Pubblicazione: London : , : Routledge, , 2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (200 p.)
• Disciplina: 954.9105/2
• Soggetto topico: Violence - Pakistan
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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,
• Titolo autorizzato: Mohajir militancy in Pakistan
• ISBN: 1-135-16192-5; 1-135-16193-3; 1-282-57151-6; 9786612571510; 0-203-85812-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910813271603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge Contemporary South Asia Series