Bibliography

Siddiqa, Ayesha ‘Military Inc.’

There is a profound misunderstanding of the role and legacy of the Pakistani military, and its deeply entrenched economic interests in the country. This institution is consistently represented as a purely military arm of the State, when in fact it

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Siddiqa, Ayesha ‘Military Inc.’

There is a profound misunderstanding of the role and legacy of the Pakistani military, and its deeply entrenched economic interests in the country. This institution is consistently represented as a purely military arm of the State, when in fact it

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Jalal, Ayesha ‘Democracy And Authoritarianism in South Asia’

Ayesha Jalal’s early work Democracy & Authoritarianism in South Asia: A Comparative and historical perspective provides an important look at the structural reasons for the emergence of (largely) democratic structures in India, and (largely) authoritarian structures in Pakistan and Bangladesh.

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Jalal, Ayesha ‘Democracy And Authoritarianism in South Asia’

Ayesha Jalal’s early work Democracy & Authoritarianism in South Asia: A Comparative and historical perspective provides an important look at the structural reasons for the emergence of (largely) democratic structures in India, and (largely) authoritarian structures in Pakistan and Bangladesh.

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Toor, Saadia ‘State Of Islam: Culture And Cold War Politics In Pakistan’

Our despair is a result of our lack of a sense of history. You have to understand that we have arrived where we are as a nation as a result of specific historical choices, and understanding the reasons for those

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Toor, Saadia ‘State Of Islam: Culture And Cold War Politics In Pakistan’

Our despair is a result of our lack of a sense of history. You have to understand that we have arrived where we are as a nation as a result of specific historical choices, and understanding the reasons for those

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Breman, Jan ‘Outcast Labour In Asia: Circulation and Informalization of the Workforce at the Bottom of the Economy

Oxford University Press, 2010 Where do the come from, and why? This question has troubled me since I started working with the families of those killed in the Ali Enterprises garment factory fire some three months ago. In Karachi’s slums

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Breman, Jan ‘Outcast Labour In Asia: Circulation and Informalization of the Workforce at the Bottom of the Economy

Oxford University Press, 2010 Where do the come from, and why? This question has troubled me since I started working with the families of those killed in the Ali Enterprises garment factory fire some three months ago. In Karachi’s slums

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Bose, Sugata ‘A Hundred Horizons’

The tens of thousands of desperate, displaced and unskilled workers shuffling around in the slums of Karachi, and selling their services to the hundreds of garment factories in the city has had me thinking about labor as a commodity. I

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Bose, Sugata ‘A Hundred Horizons’

The tens of thousands of desperate, displaced and unskilled workers shuffling around in the slums of Karachi, and selling their services to the hundreds of garment factories in the city has had me thinking about labor as a commodity. I

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Green, Linda ‘Fear As A Way Of Life: Mayan Widows In Rural Guatemala’

Columbia University Press, 1999 This is an anthropology of structural violence. As Linda Green explains in her introduction, it began as a conventional study of rural communities in Guatemala. But along she realized that to understand the ways, choices and

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Green, Linda ‘Fear As A Way Of Life: Mayan Widows In Rural Guatemala’

Columbia University Press, 1999 This is an anthropology of structural violence. As Linda Green explains in her introduction, it began as a conventional study of rural communities in Guatemala. But along she realized that to understand the ways, choices and

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Nelson, Mathew ‘In The Shadow of Shari’ah: Islam, Islamic Law & Democracy In Pakistan’

Columbia University Press, 2011 This is a dense study of the relationship of land ownership, the need to protect ‘agnatic’ estates, and the nature of law and democracy in Pakistan. I think that Nelson himself describes the work best when

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Nelson, Mathew ‘In The Shadow of Shari’ah: Islam, Islamic Law & Democracy In Pakistan’

Columbia University Press, 2011 This is a dense study of the relationship of land ownership, the need to protect ‘agnatic’ estates, and the nature of law and democracy in Pakistan. I think that Nelson himself describes the work best when

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Young, Iris Marion ‘Responsibility For Justice’

Oxford University Press, Feb 3, 2011 – 224 pages There are many books on structural violence and injustice that inform and guide this project. Iris Marion Young’s work is a crucial part of my explorations of this issue, and my

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Young, Iris Marion ‘Responsibility For Justice’

Oxford University Press, Feb 3, 2011 – 224 pages There are many books on structural violence and injustice that inform and guide this project. Iris Marion Young’s work is a crucial part of my explorations of this issue, and my

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