Countering violent extremism in Pakistan : local actions, local voices / Anita M. Weiss.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Weiss, Anita M., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Radicalism--Pakistan--Prevention.

Radicalism.

Domestic terrorism--Pakistan--Prevention.

Domestic terrorism.

Pakistan.

Physical Description:

xvii, 293 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Karachi : Oxford University Press, [2020]

Summary:

This book identifies and analyzes the impact of the various ways in which local people are responding, taking stands, recapturing their culture, and saying 'stop' to the violent extremism that has manifested over the past decade (even longer) in Pakistan. Local groups throughout Pakistan are engaging in various kinds of social negotiations and actions to lessen the violence that has plagued the country since the 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan which let loose a barrage of violence that overflowed into its borders. In so many ways, Pakistanis are engaging in powerful actions that transform how people think about their own society, impeding extremists' rants while acting on 'envisioning alternative futures'.

Notes:

Includes bibliography (pages 272-280) and index.

ISBN:

9789697340149

9697340145

OCLC:

1232181695