Refugees and the Politics of the Everyday State in Pakistan: Resettlement in Punjab, 1947‒1962

ISBN-13: 9780367869151 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 174 str.

Elisabetta Iob

Opis

This book provides an analysis of the resettlement and rehabilitation of Partition refugees in Pakistani Punjab between 1947 and 1962. It weaves a chronological and thematic plot into a single narrative and focuses on the Punjabi refugee middle and upper-middle class. The author challenges interpretations of the resettlement of Partition refugee

Recenzje

Elisabetta Iob’s Refugees and the Politics of the Everyday State in Pakistan is a remarkable and poignant academic narrative that recounts the resettlement and rehabilitation of post-Partition refugees in Punjab, Pakistan after 1947. [... This book] is an intimately written book. Iob presents researchers of Partition with a new historical framework that analyzes refugee integration as impacted upon by emotions. And this contribution makes Iob’s research relevant for a larger readership on global migration. [...] Reading the book is very enjoyable and Iob’s academic analysis is astute. Deepra Dandekar, H-Soz-Kult, 23.05.2018.

Spis treści

Introduction  1. Memories, Swords, Blood and Freedom: when independence came to India and Pakistan  2. Camps, Homes, Towns and Villages  3. Patronage, bureaucratic unruliness and the resettling of Partition refugees in everyday Pakistani Punjab, 1947-1962  4. Punjab Assembly, party seats, electoral boxes  5. Constituent Assembly and neighbours  Conclusion

O autorze

Elisabetta Iob is a historian currently based at the Department of Social Sciences and Politics, University of Trieste, Italy. Her collaborations include the Centre for Peace and Security Studies, Lahore, Pakistan, and the local branches of the Ministries of Interior and Defence, Italy. Her research interests focus on Pakistan's socio-political history and culture.