Lahore University of Management Sciences SS 102 Pakistan Studies: Culture & Heritage Fall 2009 Course Aims This course aims to introduce students to the history of the region comprising Pakistan, provide an overview of contending perspectives on the origins of the country, and examine the politics, society and culture. The course, furthermore, looks at the contemporary developmental issues facing the country. Course Breakup Quizzes 45 % Final 55% Instruments 1. Quizzes There will be 4 unannounced in class quizzes; these quizzes will be based on readings, lecture slides, class discussions and movies for the course. The lowest quiz (out of 4) will be dropped, and the best three quizzes will be counted. The quizzes can have multiple choice questions, short answers, and short subjective questions. There will be no makeup quizzes. 2. Final Exam The final exam will be closed book/closed notes. It will comprise of two sections, the first section will be based on multiple choice questions, while the second section will be an open ended subjective question. While there is no penalty for absences from class, however, students are expected to attend all classes. Page 1 of 7
Reading List Session Aims Readings History of the Subcontinent 1 Ancient Civilization in the region comprising Pakistan. The Indus Valley Civilization 2 Colonial Rule in the subcontinent Kenoyer, J. (1998) Indus Cities, Towns and Villages in Ancient Cities of the Indus Valley Civilization. Michigan: OUP. Talbot, I. (2000). Nation building in Pakistan: Ideas and Institutions in Inventing the Nation: India and Pakistan. New York: OUP. Pp. 196 222. Aziz, K. K. (1976). The Imperial Impact in The British in India A study in Imperialism. Islamabad: National Commission on Historical and Cultural Research. *Waseem, M. (1994) Section: 3 A new relationship between the state and society and Section 4: Administrative Structure of the new state in Politics and the state in Pakistan. Islamabad: National Institute of Historical and Cultural Research. Ali, I. (2004). Historical Impacts on Political Economy of Pakistan in Asian Journal of Management Cases, 1(2). The Creation of Pakistan 3 The creation of Pakistan Different perspectives on the creation of Pakistan Ahmad, A. (1968) Epilogue: Modern Separatism in Studies in Islamic Culture in the Indian Environment. Delhi: OUP. Pp. 263 276. Alavi, H. (2003) Social Forces and Ideology in the Making of Pakistan in Zaidi (ed) Continuity and Change: Socio Political and Institutional Dynamics in Pakistan. Karachi: City Press. Pp 11 40 Page 2 of 7
Sayeed, K. (1968). Conflicting views about the origin of Pakistan in Pakistan: The Formative Phase 1857 1948. Karachi: OUP Movie Viewing: Pinjar The Newly created State of Pakistan 4 The Military and Bureaucracy in Pakistan 5 International Relations And Democratization Siddiqa, A. (2003) The political economy of national security in Zaidi (ed) Continuity and Change: Socio Political and Institutional Dynamics in Pakistan. Karachi: City Press. Pp. 101 116 Kardar, S. (2003). The need for civil service reform in Zaidi (ed) Continuity and Change: Socio Political and Institutional Dynamics in Pakistan. Karachi: City Press. Pp 163 173 s *Rizvi, H.A. (2001). The military in Gilani and Weiss (eds) Power and Civil Society in Pakistan. New York: OUP. Pp. 186 213 * Jones, G. (1997) Pakistan: A Civil Service in an Obsolescing Imperial Tradition. Asia Journal of Public Administration, Vol. 19, No. (2). Pp. 321 364. Rizvi, H.A. (2004) Pakistan's Foreign Policy: An Overview 1947 2004. PILDAT. pp. 9 28. Waseem, M. (2003). The reasons for democratic downslide in Zaidi (ed) Continuity and Change: Socio Political and Institutional Dynamics in Pakistan. Karachi: City Press. Pp. 59 78. s *Cohen, S. (1999) The United States, India and Pakistan in India and Pakistan: the first fifty years Selig S. Harrison, Paul H. Kreisberg, and Dennis Kux, (eds). Washington DC: Woodrow Wilson Press. pp. 189 207 *SVR Nasr, (2004) Millitary Rule, Islamism, and Democracy in Pakistan in The Middle East Journal 58 (2); 195 209. Page 3 of 7
Centrifugal Forces in Pakistan 6 Centrifugal Forces I Ethno nationalism, Linguistic Identity, Sectarian identity 7 Centrifugal Forces II Ethno nationalism, Linguistic Identity, Sectarian identity Jalal, A. (1994) The State and Political Privilege in Pakistan in Banuazizi and Weiner (eds)the Politics of Social Transformation in Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan. New York: Syracuse. Pp 152 186. Ahmad, F. (1998) Sindhi Grievance in Ethnicity and Politics in Pakistan. Karachi: Oxford University Press. Pp. 61 88 Titus, and Swidler (2000) Knights, not Pawns: Ethnic Nationalism and Regional Dynamics in Post Colonial Baluchistan. International Journal of Middle East Studies, Vol. 32, No. 1. (Feb., 2000), pp. 47 69. *Samad, Y. (2005. In and Out of Power but not Down and Out: Mohajir Identity Politics in Jaffrelot (ed) Pakistan: Nation, Nationalism and the State. Lahore: Vanguard Publishers. Pp 63 83. Rahman, T. (2003) Language, Power and Ideology in Zaidi (ed) Continuity and Change: Socio Political and Institutional Dynamics in Pakistan. Karachi: City Press. Pp. 133 149 Ahmad, M. (1998). Revivalism, Islamization, Sectarianism and Violence in Pakistan in Baxter and Kennedy (eds) Pakistan 1997. India: Harper Collins Publishers. Waseem, M. (1997) Affirmative Action Policies in Pakistan. Ethnic Studies Report, Vol. XV, No. 2.pp. 223 245. *Zahab, M. (2005) The Regional Dimension of Sectarian Conflicts in Pakistan. Pakistan: Nation, Nationalism and the State. Lahore: Vanguard Publishers. 101 121 *Zahab, M. (2002) Sectarianism as a substitute identity: Sunnis and Shias in Central and Southern Punjab in Ali, Mumtaz, and Racine (eds) Pakistan: The Contours of State and Society. Karachi: Oxford University Press. * Rahman, T. (2006) The Bengali Language Movement in Language and Politics in Pakistan. Karachi: OUP. Pp. 79 102. Page 4 of 7
* Rahman, T. (2006) The Sindhi Language Movement in Language and Politics in Pakistan. Karachi: OUP. Pp. 79 102. * Kennedy, C. (1984). Policies of ethnic preference in Pakistan. Asian Survey, Vol. 24, No. 6. Pp. 688 703 Movie viewing: Khamosh Pani Culture and the Arts 8 Arts The state of the arts in Pakistan. Faiz, F.A. (1997) Role of Arts and Culture in Culture of Pakistan (eds) Laeeq Babri. Lahore: Sangemeel Paperbacks. Fatmi, Q. (1997) Roots of Art and Culture in Pakistan in Culture of Pakistan (eds) Laeeq Babri. Lahore: Sangemeel Paperbacks. Film Viewing: Khayal Darpan Demography 9 Urbanization Squatter Settlements Development in Pakistan Ali, R. (2003) Underestimating Urbanization in Zaidi (ed) Continuity and Change: Socio Political and Institutional Dynamics in Pakistan. Karachi: City Press. Pp. 127 132 Arif, G. and Hamid, S. 2007. Life in the City: Pakistan in Focus. Islamabad: UNFPA. Ara, I. and Zaman, A. (2002) Rising Urbanization in Pakistan in The Journal NIPA Karachi 10 Poverty Zaidi, A. (2005) Poverty, Trends, Causes and Solutions in Issues in Pakistan s Economy. Karachi: OUP. pp. 434 452 Zaidi, A. (2005) Structural Adjustment Programmes in Pakistan in Issues in Pakistan s Economy. Karachi: OUP. pp. 336 358 Khan, S. (2003). Structural Adjustment and its Impact in Zaidi (ed) Continuity and Change: Socio Political and Institutional Dynamics in Pakistan. Karachi: City Press. Pp. 87 100. * Beall, J. (1995) Social security and social networks among the urban poor in Pakistan. Habitat International, Vol. 19, No. 4, pp. 421 145, 1995. Great Britain: Elsevier Science Ltd *Kemal, A. (n.d.)income inequalities in Pakistan and a strategy to reduce income inequalities commissioned by the Ministry of Finance under the Support to PRSP II Formulation Project. Page 5 of 7
11 Health and Education and Nongovernmental agencies in Pakistan Khan, S. (1999). An Overview of Basic Education under the Social Action Plan in Pakistan. Research Report Series # 22. Islamabad: Sustainable Development Policy Institute. Akbar, S. (1999). The Health Sector in Pakistan: Issues, Constraints, Possibilities in The New Development Paradigm Papers on Institutions, NGOs, Gender and Local Government. Karachi: OUP. Pp. 264 283 Akbar, S. (1999). NGO Failure and the Need to Bring Back the State in The New Development Paradigm Papers on Institutions, NGOs, Gender and Local Government. Karachi: OUP. Pp. 203 225 *Khan, S. and Kazmi, S. (1998). Structural Adjustment and Health in Pakistan. Working Paper Series # 26. Islamabad: Sustainable Development Policy Institute. *Whaites, A. (1995). The State and Civil Society in Pakistan. Contemporary South Asia, Vol. 4 Issue 3. *HRCP Pakistan Report 2007 available at the HRCP website. 12 Land Reforms Rouse, S. Systemic Injustice and Inequalities: Maliki and Raiya in a Punjab Village in Gardezi and Rashid (eds) Pakistan The Roots of Dictatorship The Political Economy of a Praetorian State. Khan, H. (2005). Land Reforms 1959 (pp. 131), Land Reforms (pp. 251 252), and Further Land Reforms (pp. 308) in Constitutional and Political History of Pakistan. Karachi: OUP. Pages 131, 251 252, and 308. Gazdar, H. (2003). The Land Question part of Pakistan Drivers of Pro Poor Change study conducted by the Institute of Development Studies and the Collective for Social Sciences Research Karachi. 13 Gender Sumar, S. (2002). Women s movement in Pakistan: Problems and Perspectives in Nadvi and Naseem (eds) The Post Colonial State and Social Transformations in India and Pakistan. Karachi: OUP. Weiss, A. (1994) The Consequences of State Policies for Women in Pakistan in Banuazizi and Weiner (eds) The Politics of Social Transformation in Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan. New York: Syracuse. Pp. 412 444 14 Summaries and Conclusions Page 6 of 7
*Recommended readings provide further information on the sessions. These readings are not mandatory. The class lectures may draw on these readings. These readings are not available in the reading package, but can be made available upon request by the instructor and/or the TA(s). Page 7 of 7