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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Armytage, Rosita (Author)
Corporate Author: Berghahn Books
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Berghahn Books, 2020.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Dislocations ; v. 29.
Subjects:
Wealth > Pakistan.
Rich people > Pakistan.
Richesse > Pākistān.
Riches > Pākistān.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Classes
Economic history
Rich people
Wealth
Pakistan > Economic conditions.
Pakistan
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Big Capital in an Unequal World
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Abbreviations
  • Note on Anonymity
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. Middle-Class Woman in an Elite Man's World
  • Chapter 2. Creating and Protecting an Elite Class
  • Chapter 3. Old Money, New Money
  • Chapter 4. Making an Elite Family
  • Chapter 5. The Elite Network
  • Chapter 6. The Culture of Exemptions
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Index.

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