SS 102 - Pakistan Studies-Culture & Heritage (ZS)

Course Outline ‐ Pakistan Studies SS 102 Fall Semester 2009

Instructor Name: Zainab Saeed Email ID: [email protected]

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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.



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Reading List

Session Aims Readings History of the Subcontinent 1

Ancient Civilization in the region comprising Pakistan. The Indus Valley Civilization

Kenoyer, J. (1998) “Indus Cities, Towns and Villages” in Ancient Cities of the Indus Valley Civilization. Michigan: OUP.

2 Colonial Rule in the subcontinent

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. Recommended Reading *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



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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

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 Recommended Readings *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.

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International Relations And Democratization

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. Recommended Readings *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.



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Centrifugal Forces in Pakistan 6

Centrifugal Forces ‐ I 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. Recommended Reading *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.

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Centrifugal Forces ‐ II Ethno‐nationalism, Linguistic Identity, Sectarian identity

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. Recommended Reading *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.



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* 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

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

Development in Pakistan 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. Recommended Reading * 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.



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11 Health and Education and Non‐governmental 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 Recommended Reading *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.

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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.

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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

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Summaries and Conclusions



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*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).

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