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Big capital in an unequal world : the micropolitics of wealth in Pakistan /
"Following the hidden lives of the global "1%", this book examines the networks, social practices, marriages, and machinations of the elite in Pakistan. In doing so, it reveals the daily, even mundane, ways in which elites contribute to and shape the inequality that characterizes the...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Berghahn Books,
2020.
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| Edición: | First edition. |
| Colección: | Dislocations ;
v. 29. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "Following the hidden lives of the global "1%", this book examines the networks, social practices, marriages, and machinations of the elite in Pakistan. In doing so, it reveals the daily, even mundane, ways in which elites contribute to and shape the inequality that characterizes the modern world. Operating in a rapidly developing economic environment, the experience of Pakistan's wealthiest and most powerful members contradicts widely held assumptions that economic growth is leading to increasingly impersonalized and globally standardized economic and political structures"-- |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (viii, 195 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781789206173 1789206170 |