Adeel Khan, The Politics of Identity and Stephen P Cohen, The Idea of Pakistan
Dr. Ashok K.Behuria is a Fellow and Coordinator of the South Asia Centre at MP-IDSA. He is a Ph.D in International Relations from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. He… Continue reading Adeel Khan, The Politics of Identity and Stephen P Cohen, The Idea of Pakistan read more
Volume:29
Issue:1
Book Review
The paper seeks to study the challenges faced by the Pakistani state from the perspective of its vast ethno-cultural diversity which problematises the process of-nation building attempted by the Pakistani leadership since its very inception. The paper starts with a rudimentary definitional view of the concept of ethnicity and nationalism, and isolates the areas of friction in the way the Pakistani nation has been conceptualised and the way diverse ethno-cultural groups have evolved their identity through history.
