Making of Terrorism in Pakistan - Historical and Social Roots of Extremism

Informationen zum Autor Eamon Murphy is Adjunct Professor of History and International Relations at Curtin University of Technology in Western Australia. He is co-editor of Contemporary State Terrorism: Theory and Cases (Routledge, 2010). Klappentext This volume examines the social, and political and economic factors that have contributed to the rise of terrorism in Pakistan, employing an historical and critical terrorism studies perspective. Zusammenfassung This volume examines the social, and political and economic factors that have contributed to the rise of terrorism in Pakistan, employing an historical and critical terrorism studies perspective. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Foreword Introduction: Overview and Theory 1. Islam in Pakistan: An Overview 2. The Colonial Legacy and the Making of Pakistan: Class, Regionalism and Factional Politics 3. Birth Pains: The Decline of Democracy, Sectarian Violence and the Intractable Problem of Kashmir, 1947 -195 4. Jinnah’s Dream Fades: Dictatorship, State Terrorism and the Corrosion of Secularism, 1958 – 1977 5. The Turning Point: Zia-ul Haq and the Islamisation of Pakistan, 1977 – 1988 6. The Afghanistan J ihad and the Making of Terrorism, 1979-1989 7. Reaping the Whirlwind: Politics, Terrorism in Kashmir and Sectarian Violence, 1988 – 2000 8. The Fallout from the US Invasion of Afghanistan: Politics, Terrorism and Sectarian Violence in Pakistan since 9/11 Conclusion: Critical Terrorism Studies, Islam and the Making of Terrorism in Pakistan

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• Authors: Eamon Murphy, Eamon (Curtin University of Technology Murphy, Murphy Eamon
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.11.2012
• EAN: 9780415565264
• ISBN: 978-0-415-56526-4
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: Routledge Critical Terrorism Studies
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Security (National & International), HISTORY / Military / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Terrorism, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, HISTORY / Asia / South / General