Government of paper : the materiality of bureaucracy in urban Pakistan / Matthew S. Hull.
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TextPublication details: Berkeley : University of California Press, c2012Description: xiv, 301 p. : ill., map ; 24 cmISBN: 9780520272149 (cloth : alk. paper); 9780520272156 (pbk. : alk. paper)Subject(s): Government paperwork -- Pakistan -- Islāmābād | Bureaucracy -- Pakistan -- Islāmābād | Capitals (Cities) -- Pakistan -- Planning | City planning -- Pakistan -- Islāmābād | Public records -- Pakistan -- Islāmābād | Municipal government -- Pakistan -- Records and correspondence | Islāmābād (Pakistan) -- Politics and governmentDDC classification: 352.3870 LOC classification: JS7093.A6 | R425 2012
Contents:
Introduction -- The master plan and other documents -- Parchis, petitions and offices: approaches to the bureaucracy -- Files and the political economy of paper -- The expropriation of land and the misappropriation of lists -- Maps, mosques, and maslaks: ecumenical planning and sectarian conflict.
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Senate of Pakistan Library | 352.3870 HUL (Browse shelf (Opens below)) | Available | 13858 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- The master plan and other documents -- Parchis, petitions and offices: approaches to the bureaucracy -- Files and the political economy of paper -- The expropriation of land and the misappropriation of lists -- Maps, mosques, and maslaks: ecumenical planning and sectarian conflict.
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