Migrants and Militants Fun and Urban Violence in Pakistan
Verkaaik, Oskar
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Book ID : 26821
ISBN-10 : 81-7049-231-9 / 8170492319
Place
of Publication :
Delhi
Year
of Publication :
2005
Edition :
Language :
25 cm.
CONTENTS
DESCRIPTION
Being part of a violent community in revolt can be addictive it can be fun. This book offers a fascinating inside look at present-day political violence in Pakistan through a historical ethnography of the Muhajir Quami Movement (MQM), one of the most remarkable and successful religious mationalist movements in postcolonial South Asia. The MQM has moblized much of the "migrant" (Muhajir) population in Karachi and other urban centers in southern Pakistan and has fomented large-scale ethnic-religious violence.
