Myth of the Monolith: The Challenge of Diversity in Pakistan
- January 2005 |
- Strategic Analysis
Volume:29
Issue: 1
Articles
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
Posted On: January 1, 2005
Keywords: Pakistan
