Salman Rafi Sheikh

The Genesis of Baloch Nationalism

Politics and Ethnicity in Pakistan, 1947-1977

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book explores the ideological, political and military interventions of the state of Pakistan in Balochistan, and traces the genesis of today's secessionist movement. Drawing on hitherto unexplored sources, this book will be indispensable to scholars and researchers of South Asian history, politics, international relations and area studies.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 254
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. April 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 218mm x 142mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 499g
• ISBN-13: 9781138055414
• ISBN-10: 1138055417
• Artikelnr.: 52458722

Autorenporträt

Salman Rafi Sheikh, previously a research scholar at the National Institute of Pakistan Studies, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan, is by training a political scientist, specializing in political history with focus on ethno-nationalism, identity politics and post-colonialism. He writes on Pakistan's various socio-political issues, foreign policies of major powers towards regional issues, including Balochistan, their application and consequences, and his op-eds and insights regularly appear in highly acclaimed international and regional media such as Asia Times.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements 1. The case of Balochistan: a self-fulfilling prophecy 2.
Ideological interventions 3. Political interventions 4. Military
interventions 5. Epilogue: reflections on the changing dimensions of the
Baloch national movement since 1977 Appendices. Index.