Mohajir Militancy in Pakistan Violence and Transformation in the Karachi Conflict

Name: Mohajir Militancy in Pakistan Violence and Transformation in the Karachi Conflict
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ISBN: 9780415626675

ISBN-10: 0415626676

ISBN-13: 9780415626675

Edition: 2010

Authors: Nichola Khan

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Synthesizing political, anthropological and psychological perspectives, this book addresses the everyday causes and appeal of long-term involvement in extreme political violence in urban Pakistan. Taking Pakistan’s ethno nationalist Mohajir party, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) as a case study, it explores how certain men from the ethnic community of Mohajirs are recruited to the roles and statuses of political killers, and sustain violence as a primary social identity and lifestyle over a period of some years. By drawing on detailed fieldwork in areas involved in the Karachi conflict, the author contributes to understandings of violence, tracing the development of violent aspects of…

Book details

List price: $62.95
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 7/20/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 208
Size: 9.21" wide x 6.14" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English