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The politics of common sense : state, society and culture in Pakistan /
This work analyses the transformation of Pakistan's structure of power during the military dictatorship of General Zia ul Haq.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, United Kingdom :
Cambridge University Press,
2018.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; The Politics of Common Sense; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; Gramscian Building Blocks; The Colonial Rhythm; The Historical Bloc; Common Sense: Theory and Practice; Patronage in its Various Guises; State, Capital and Patron-client Relations; Endnotes; 2. The Structure of Power 'From Above'; Classical Beginnings; 'Big Men', Land and Social Transformation; An Anthropology of the State; The Real State; The High Bureaucracy; The Low Bureaucracy; The 'End' of the State as We Know It?; Symbiosis; The Military; Endnotes
- 3. Accumulation in PracticeNew Contenders for Power; Intermediate Classes in Theory and History; Historical Underpinnings; The Bourgeoisie, in All its Incarnations; The Brave New World: Gulf Labour Migrations; The Protagonists; The Arhti; Urban thekedaar; Transporters; Urban shopkeeper/trader; The Face of Change; Endnotes; 4. The Many Faces of Islam; Islam as Myth; Islamic or Secular State?; Islamization; Islamic or Secular Society?; The 'Non-Elite' Culture of Politics; Changing Contours of Global Politics; Resistance or Co-option?; Endnotes; 5. The Nation that Never Became
- Nationalism in Theory and PracticeSymbiosis between Class and Ethnicity; Proximity to the State; Contours of Change; Endnotes; 6. The Subordinate Classes: Beyond Common Sense?; 'The Politics of the Governed'; The Politics of Resistance and Reaction; The Legacy; The Global 'Restoration of Class Power'; An Unspectacular Politics of Resistance; Contemporary Subaltern Politics; Small and Landless Farmers; Punjab; Khyber Pakhtunkhwa; Katchi abadi dwellers; The Unorganized Urban Workforce; Agency versus Structure; Endnotes; 7. Epilogue: What does a Counter-hegemonic Politics Look Like?
- When All is Said and Done; Whence the 'Establishment'?; Can Democratic Forces of Pakistan Unite?; Are We All Middle Class?; Endnotes; Glossary; Bibliography; Index