Between Spectacle and Banality: Trajectories of Islamic Radicalism in a Karachi Neighbourhood

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 568-584

  Khan, Nichola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIVIL SOCIETY; CULTURAL INFLUENCE; ISLAMISM; NATIONAL POLITICS; NEIGHBORHOOD; POLITICAL IDEOLOGY; POLITICAL VIOLENCE; SOCIAL MOVEMENT; STATE ROLE; URBAN POLITICS;

KARACHI; PAKISTAN; SIND;

EID: 84860457718     PISSN: 03091317     EISSN: 14682427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2427.2011.01074.x     Document Type: Article

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