Pakistan Under Siege Extremism, Society, and the State
- Author/Creator:
- Afzal, Madiha, author
- Publication/Creation:
- Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, [2018]
- Resource Type:
- Book
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- Full Title:
- Pakistan Under Siege Extremism, Society, and the State / Madiha Afzal
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- Additional Author/Creators:
- Brookings Institution, issuer of work
Subjects/Genre
- Subjects:
- Islamic education--Pakistan
Terrorism--Pakistan
Islam and politics--Pakistan
Islam and state--Pakistan
Islamic fundamentalism--Pakistan
Radicalism--Pakistan
Pakistan--Politics and government--20th century
Pakistan--Politics and government--21st century
India--Politics and government--1919-1947
Description/Summary
- Table of 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
- 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.
- Language:
- English
- Physical Type/Description:
- 1 online resource (210 pages) : illustrations, graphs
- General Note:
- Includes index.
Additional Identifiers
- Catalog ID (MMSID):
- 9937252591202486
- ISBN:
- 0-8157-2946-4
- OCLC Number:
- 1039496233
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