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Lahore University of Management Sciences

SS 102 Pakistan Studies: Culture & Heritage

Fall 2009

CourseAims
ThiscourseaimstointroducestudentstothehistoryoftheregioncomprisingPakistan,provide
anoverviewofcontendingperspectivesontheoriginsofthecountry,andexaminethepolitics,
societyandculture.Thecourse,furthermore,looksatthecontemporarydevelopmentalissues
facingthecountry.

CourseBreakup
Quizzes45%
Final55%

Instruments
1.

Quizzes

Therewillbe4unannouncedinclassquizzes;thesequizzeswillbebasedonreadings,lecture
slides,classdiscussionsandmoviesforthecourse.Thelowestquiz(outof4)willbedropped,
andthebestthreequizzeswillbecounted.Thequizzescanhavemultiplechoicequestions,
shortanswers,andshortsubjectivequestions.Therewillbenomakeupquizzes.
2.

FinalExam

Thefinalexamwillbeclosedbook/closednotes.Itwillcompriseoftwosections,thefirst
sectionwillbebasedonmultiplechoicequestions,whilethesecondsectionwillbeanopen
endedsubjectivequestion.
Whilethereisnopenaltyforabsencesfromclass,however,studentsareexpectedtoattend
allclasses.

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ReadingList
Session Aims

HistoryoftheSubcontinent

1
AncientCivilizationin
theregion
comprisingPakistan.
TheIndusValley
Civilization

2
ColonialRuleinthe
subcontinent

TheCreationofPakistan

3
Thecreationof
Pakistan
Different
perspectivesonthe
creationofPakistan

Readings

Kenoyer,J.(1998)IndusCities,TownsandVillagesinAncient
CitiesoftheIndusValleyCivilization.Michigan:OUP.

Talbot,I.(2000).NationbuildinginPakistan:Ideasand
InstitutionsinInventingtheNation:IndiaandPakistan.New
York:OUP.Pp.196222.
Aziz,K.K.(1976).TheImperialImpactinTheBritishinIndiaA
studyinImperialism.Islamabad:NationalCommissionon
HistoricalandCulturalResearch.
RecommendedReading
*Waseem,M.(1994)Section:3Anewrelationshipbetween
thestateandsocietyandSection4:AdministrativeStructure
ofthenewstateinPoliticsandthestateinPakistan.
Islamabad:NationalInstituteofHistoricalandCultural
Research.
Ali,I.(2004).HistoricalImpactsonPoliticalEconomyof
PakistaninAsianJournalofManagementCases,1(2).

Ahmad,A.(1968)Epilogue:ModernSeparatisminStudiesin
IslamicCultureintheIndianEnvironment.Delhi:OUP.Pp.263
276.
Alavi,H.(2003)SocialForcesandIdeologyintheMakingof
PakistaninZaidi(ed)ContinuityandChange:SocioPoliticaland
InstitutionalDynamicsinPakistan.Karachi:CityPress.Pp1140
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Sayeed,K.(1968).Conflictingviewsabouttheoriginof
PakistaninPakistan:TheFormativePhase18571948.Karachi:
OUP
MovieViewing:Pinjar

TheNewlycreatedStateofPakistan

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TheMilitaryand
Siddiqa,A.(2003)Thepoliticaleconomyofnationalsecurity
Bureaucracyin
inZaidi(ed)ContinuityandChange:SocioPoliticaland
Pakistan
InstitutionalDynamicsinPakistan.Karachi:CityPress.Pp.101
116
Kardar,S.(2003).TheneedforcivilservicereforminZaidi
(ed)ContinuityandChange:SocioPoliticalandInstitutional
DynamicsinPakistan.Karachi:CityPress.Pp163173
RecommendedReadings
*Rizvi,H.A.(2001).ThemilitaryinGilaniandWeiss(eds)
PowerandCivilSocietyinPakistan.NewYork:OUP.Pp.186213
*Jones,G.(1997)Pakistan:ACivilServiceinanObsolescing
ImperialTradition.AsiaJournalofPublicAdministration,Vol.
19,No.(2).Pp.321364.

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International
Rizvi,H.A.(2004)Pakistan'sForeignPolicy:AnOverview1947
Relations
2004.PILDAT.pp.928.
Waseem,M.(2003).Thereasonsfordemocraticdownslidein
And
Democratization
Zaidi(ed)ContinuityandChange:SocioPoliticaland
InstitutionalDynamicsinPakistan.Karachi:CityPress.Pp.59
78.
RecommendedReadings
*Cohen,S.(1999)TheUnitedStates,IndiaandPakistanin
IndiaandPakistan:thefirstfiftyyearsSeligS.Harrison,PaulH.
Kreisberg,andDennisKux,(eds).WashingtonDC:Woodrow
WilsonPress.pp.189207
*SVRNasr,(2004)MillitaryRule,Islamism,andDemocracyin
PakistaninTheMiddleEastJournal58(2);195209.

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CentrifugalForcesinPakistan

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CentrifugalForcesI
Ethnonationalism,
LinguisticIdentity,
Sectarianidentity

Jalal,A.(1994)TheStateandPoliticalPrivilegeinPakistanin
BanuaziziandWeiner(eds)ThePoliticsofSocialTransformation
inAfghanistan,IranandPakistan.NewYork:Syracuse.Pp152
186.
Ahmad,F.(1998)SindhiGrievanceinEthnicityandPoliticsin
Pakistan.Karachi:OxfordUniversityPress.Pp.6188
Titus,andSwidler(2000)Knights,notPawns:Ethnic
NationalismandRegionalDynamicsinPostColonial
Baluchistan.InternationalJournalofMiddleEastStudies,Vol.
32,No.1.(Feb.,2000),pp.4769.
RecommendedReading
*Samad,Y.(2005.InandOutofPowerbutnotDownandOut:
MohajirIdentityPoliticsinJaffrelot(ed)Pakistan:Nation,
NationalismandtheState.Lahore:VanguardPublishers.Pp63
83.

CentrifugalForcesII Rahman,T.(2003)Language,PowerandIdeologyinZaidi(ed)
Ethnonationalism,
ContinuityandChange:SocioPoliticalandInstitutional
LinguisticIdentity,
DynamicsinPakistan.Karachi:CityPress.Pp.133149
Ahmad,M.(1998).Revivalism,Islamization,Sectarianismand
Sectarianidentity
ViolenceinPakistaninBaxterandKennedy(eds)Pakistan
1997.India:HarperCollinsPublishers.
Waseem,M.(1997)AffirmativeActionPoliciesinPakistan.
EthnicStudiesReport,Vol.XV,No.2.pp.223245.
RecommendedReading
*Zahab,M.(2005)TheRegionalDimensionofSectarian
ConflictsinPakistan.Pakistan:Nation,Nationalismandthe
State.Lahore:VanguardPublishers.101121
*Zahab,M.(2002)Sectarianismasasubstituteidentity:Sunnis
andShiasinCentralandSouthernPunjabinAli,Mumtaz,and
Racine(eds)Pakistan:TheContoursofStateandSociety.
Karachi:OxfordUniversityPress.
*Rahman,T.(2006)TheBengaliLanguageMovementin
LanguageandPoliticsinPakistan.Karachi:OUP.Pp.79102.
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*Rahman,T.(2006)TheSindhiLanguageMovementin
LanguageandPoliticsinPakistan.Karachi:OUP.Pp.79102.
*Kennedy,C.(1984).Policiesofethnicpreferencein
Pakistan.AsianSurvey,Vol.24,No.6.Pp.688703
Movieviewing:KhamoshPani

CultureandtheArts

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Arts
Thestateofthearts
inPakistan.

Faiz,F.A.(1997)RoleofArtsandCultureinCultureof
Pakistan(eds)LaeeqBabri.Lahore:SangemeelPaperbacks.
Fatmi,Q.(1997)RootsofArtandCultureinPakistanin
CultureofPakistan(eds)LaeeqBabri.Lahore:Sangemeel
Paperbacks.
FilmViewing:KhayalDarpan

Demography

9
Urbanization
Ali,R.(2003)UnderestimatingUrbanizationinZaidi(ed)
SquatterSettlements ContinuityandChange:SocioPoliticalandInstitutional
DynamicsinPakistan.Karachi:CityPress.Pp.127132
Arif,G.andHamid,S.2007.LifeintheCity:PakistaninFocus.
Islamabad:UNFPA.
Ara,I.andZaman,A.(2002)RisingUrbanizationinPakistanin
TheJournalNIPAKarachi
DevelopmentinPakistan

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Poverty
Zaidi,A.(2005)Poverty,Trends,CausesandSolutionsin
IssuesinPakistansEconomy.Karachi:OUP.pp.434452
Zaidi,A.(2005)StructuralAdjustmentProgrammesin
PakistaninIssuesinPakistansEconomy.Karachi:OUP.pp.
336358
Khan,S.(2003).StructuralAdjustmentanditsImpactinZaidi
(ed)ContinuityandChange:SocioPoliticalandInstitutional
DynamicsinPakistan.Karachi:CityPress.Pp.87100.
RecommendedReading
*Beall,J.(1995)Socialsecurityandsocialnetworksamongthe
urbanpoorinPakistan.HabitatInternational,Vol.19,No.4,
pp.421145,1995.GreatBritain:ElsevierScienceLtd
*Kemal,A.(n.d.)IncomeinequalitiesinPakistanandastrategy
toreduceincomeinequalitiescommissionedbytheMinistryof
FinanceundertheSupporttoPRSPIIFormulationProject.

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HealthandEducation
andNon
governmental
agenciesinPakistan

12

LandReforms

13

Gender

14

Summariesand
Conclusions

Khan,S.(1999).AnOverviewofBasicEducationunderthe
SocialActionPlaninPakistan.ResearchReportSeries#22.
Islamabad:SustainableDevelopmentPolicyInstitute.
Akbar,S.(1999).TheHealthSectorinPakistan:Issues,
Constraints,PossibilitiesinTheNewDevelopmentParadigm
PapersonInstitutions,NGOs,GenderandLocalGovernment.
Karachi:OUP.Pp.264283
Akbar,S.(1999).NGOFailureandtheNeedtoBringBackthe
StateinTheNewDevelopmentParadigmPaperson
Institutions,NGOs,GenderandLocalGovernment.Karachi:
OUP.Pp.203225
RecommendedReading
*Khan,S.andKazmi,S.(1998).StructuralAdjustmentand
HealthinPakistan.WorkingPaperSeries#26.Islamabad:
SustainableDevelopmentPolicyInstitute.
*Whaites,A.(1995).TheStateandCivilSocietyinPakistan.
ContemporarySouthAsia,Vol.4Issue3.
*HRCPPakistanReport2007availableattheHRCPwebsite.

Rouse,S.SystemicInjusticeandInequalities:MalikiandRaiya
inaPunjabVillageinGardeziandRashid(eds)PakistanThe
RootsofDictatorshipThePoliticalEconomyofaPraetorian
State.
Khan,H.(2005).LandReforms1959(pp.131),LandReforms
(pp.251252),andFurtherLandReforms(pp.308)in
ConstitutionalandPoliticalHistoryofPakistan.Karachi:OUP.
Pages131,251252,and308.
Gazdar,H.(2003).TheLandQuestionpartofPakistanDrivers
ofProPoorChangestudyconductedbytheInstituteof
DevelopmentStudiesandtheCollectiveforSocialSciences
ResearchKarachi.

Sumar,S.(2002).WomensmovementinPakistan:Problems
andPerspectivesinNadviandNaseem(eds)ThePostColonial
StateandSocialTransformationsinIndiaandPakistan.Karachi:
OUP.
Weiss,A.(1994)TheConsequencesofStatePoliciesfor
WomeninPakistaninBanuaziziandWeiner(eds)ThePolitics
ofSocialTransformationinAfghanistan,IranandPakistan.New
York:Syracuse.Pp.412444

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*Recommendedreadingsprovidefurtherinformationonthesessions.Thesereadingsarenot
mandatory.Theclasslecturesmaydrawonthesereadings.Thesereadingsarenotavailablein
thereadingpackage,butcanbemadeavailableuponrequestbytheinstructorand/orthe
TA(s).

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