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Pakistan Under Siege Extremism, Society, and the State
Author
Title
Pakistan Under Siege [electronic resource] : Extremism, Society, and the State / Madiha Afzal.
ISBN
0815729464
9780815729464
0815729456
9780815729457
Published
Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, [2018] (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015)
Physical Description
1 online resource (xv, 192 pages :) : illustrations ;
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Summary
Why is Pakistan a locus for extremism? What drives the attitudes of this complex, richly textured country of more than 200 million people? Using rigorous analysis of survey data, in-depth interviews in schools and universities in Pakistan, historical narrative reporting, and her own intuitive understanding of the country, the author gives a multidimensional picture of Pakistan's relationship with extremism. -- from back cover.
Variant and related titles
Project MUSE - 2018 Complete.
Project MUSE - 2018 Global Cultural Studies.
Project MUSE - 2018 Middle Eastern Studies.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
July 09, 2018
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-181) and index.
Contents
A country of radicals? Not quite
Bound to its narrative: the Pakistani state and terrorist groups
Pakistan's legal Islamization
An ideological education
Islamists and madrassas
An appraisal and a way forward
Appendixes. A. The Objective Resolution ; B. Levels of education
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Genre/Form
Electronic books.
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Brookings Institution, issuer of work.
Project Muse.
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