Political Kinship in Pakistan: Descent, Marriage, and Government Stability (Anthropology of Kinship and the Family)

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Political Kinship in Pakistan
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Political Kinship in Pakistan: Descent, Marriage, and Government Stability
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Dedication
Contents
List of Figures
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1
	Kinship and Politics
		Power and approaches
		Rival Foundations of Power
		Pakistan’s Fragility
		Idea Systems
		Robustness and Resilience in Systems
		Cultural Systems
		Attachment
		Kinship, Family, Lineage, and Groups
		The Road Map
		Notes
Chapter 2
	Strong Man Politics, Pakistan and Methods
		THE DESIRE FOR A STRONG LEADER
		The Contradictions of Pakistan
		Methodology
		Pedigrees and Social Networks
Chapter 3
	Waves of Elites
		THE TURBULENT NORTH WEST OF INDIA
		A History of Roaming Marauders
		The Muslim Era: Mughal and Suri Empires
		The Sikh Empire
		The British Raj
		Partition and Mohajirs
		Elite Difference and Checking Power
		Notes
Chapter 4
	Descent, Marriage, and Building Networks
		Descent and Alliance
		The Backbone of Society
		Descent
		Nasl and Patrilineality
		The Threat of Maternal Transmission
		Punjabi Transmission of Personhood
		Kinship Terminologies
		Personhood, Substance and Language
		Notes
Chapter 5
	Kinship and Conflict Management at the Local Level
		INTRODUCTION
		Dispute in Pakistan
		Conflict Mediation Institutions
		Cousin Rivalry
		An Inheritance Dispute in Northern Punjab
		Marriage as a Tool for Conflict Suppression
		The Need for Constant Maintenance
		The Cost-Benefit Analysis of Marrying Out
		Notes
Chapter 6
	Landed Elite
		Aristocratic Families
		Pedigrees and Networks
		The Chaudhrys of Gujerat and Regional Links
		The Bhuttos
		The limitations of marriage
		Notes
Chapter 7
	Industrialist and Populist Challengers
		The Sharifs
		Imran Khan and Naya Pakistan
		Conclusion: Parallel Patterns
		Notes
Conclusion
	Checking Power
	Material Consequences of Kinship
	Beyond Regional and Electoral Politics
	Conclusion
	Notes
References
Index
About the Author