In the Wake of Disaster - Islamists, the State and a Social Contract in Pakistan (Hardcover)

What is the state's responsibility to its people in the aftermath of a natural hazard based disaster? The book sets out to address this seemingly simple question, after large scale floods devastated Pakistan in 2010 and then again in 2011. Along the way it delves into rich detail about people's everday encounters with the state in Pakistan, uncovers postcolonial discourses on rights of citizenship and dispels mainstream understanding of Islamist groups as presenting an alternative development paradigm to the state. Based on detailed ethnographic fieldwork, In the Wake of the Disaster forces the reader to look beyond narratives of Pakistan as the perennial 'failing state' falling victim to an imminent 'Islamist takeover'. The book shifts the conversation from hysteria and sensationalism surrounding Pakistan to the everyday. In doing so it transforms our understanding of contemporary disasters.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	May 2019
Authors:	Ayesha Siddiqi
Dimensions:	236 x 158 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	196
ISBN-13:	978-1-108-47292-0
Categories:	Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Environmental impact of natural disasters & phenomena Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Islamic studies Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political structure & processes > General
LSN:	1-108-47292-3
Barcode:	9781108472920

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