{"product_id":"islam-ethnicity-and-power-politics-constructing-pakistans-national-identity-hardcover","title":"Islam, Ethnicity and Power Politics: Constructing Pakistan's National Identity - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRasul Bakhsh Rais\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIslam, Ethnicity, and Power Politics\u003c\/em\u003e explores how the central state apparatus, social forces, ethnic groups, political elites, and religious factions have attempted to influence the construction of identity in Pakistan, and why it has become such a contested issue. The book analyzes the issue of identity in relation to power dynamics and competing ideologies, and argues that the choice and expression of a specific identity by contending political actors serves to claim, legitimize, and challenge power. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe postcolonial inheritance of ethnic diversity and cultural pluralism that is embedded deep in regional histories as well as in the multiple layers of narrow tribal, caste, and parochial affiliations have not lent easily to the coveted idea of a single national culture or a particular sense of national identity. Against a conventional view of identity, the book makes the counter-argument of multiculturalism and a layered idea of identities that is contextualized. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe defining idea of the book is that the cultural diversity of Pakistan-a rich mosaic-is not the problem that it is generally conceived to be. Conversely, it argues that diversity and pluralism in Pakistan or elsewhere can be managed and made to evolve into national solidarity and political cohesion through democratic, federal, and republican politics. However, such a diverse society requires a pluralistic political framework of equality, accommodation, inclusiveness, recognition, and rights.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDr Rasul Bakhsh Rais\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of Political Science in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, LUMS, Lahore. He is author of\u003cem\u003e Imagining Pakistan: Modernism, State and the Politics of Islamic Revival \u003c\/em\u003e(Lexington Books, 2017), \u003cem\u003eRecovering the Frontier State: War, Ethnicity and State in Afghanistan\u003c\/em\u003e (Lexington Books and Oxford University Press, 2008), \u003cem\u003eWar Without Winners: Afghanistan's Uncertain Transition After the Cold War\u003c\/em\u003e (Oxford University Press, 1996), and \u003cem\u003eIndian Ocean and the Superpowers: Economic, Political and Strategic Perspectives \u003c\/em\u003e(Croom Helm, 1986). He is the editor of \u003cem\u003eState, Society, and Democratic Change in Pakistan\u003c\/em\u003e (Oxford University Press, 1997), and co-editor with Charles H. Kennedy of \u003cem\u003ePakistan 1995\u003c\/em\u003e (Westview Press, 1996).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 342\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.7 x 5.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 26, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47584762495197,"sku":"9780199407590","price":61.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/OgcmDMPQZr9780199407590.webp?v=1773620611","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/islam-ethnicity-and-power-politics-constructing-pakistans-national-identity-hardcover","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}