| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations |
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text file |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Pakistan -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
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Pakistan. |
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Politics and government. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Pakistan -- Politics and government -- 21st century.
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| Chronological Term |
21st century |
| Subject |
India -- Politics and government -- 1919-1947.
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India. |
| Chronological Term |
1919-1947 |
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1900-2099 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Brookings Institution, issuer of work.
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| Added Title |
Extremism, society, and the state |
| Other Form: |
Print version: 0815729456 9780815729457 (OCoLC)945232137 |
| ISBN |
9780815729464 (electronic book) |
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0815729464 (electronic book) |
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0815729456 |
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9780815729457 |
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