Book
Class and power in a Punjabi village
Monthly Review Press • New York • Published In 1977 • Pages:
By: Ahmad, Saghir.
Abstract
This book has four parts: an introduction by an outsider author, an ethnography of a Punjabi village, and two essays critiquing Western modernization and population control policies. In the main ethnography, the author examines how two major state policy initiatives implemented in 1959 regarding land reform and democratic electoral representation impacted village social, economic, and political organization. The policies did not achieve desired outcomes because of underlying class relations that perpetuated the traditional power structure.
- Region
- Asia
- Sub Region
- South Asia
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Ian Skoggard; 2020
- Field Date
- 1964-1965
- Coverage Date
- 1959-1965
- Coverage Place
- Shahpur subdivision, Sargodha District, Punjab, Pakistan
- Notes
- by Saghir Ahmad ; introd. by Kathleen Gough
- Based on the author's thesis, Michigan State University, 1967
- includes bibliographical references (p. 151-154)
- LCCN
- 76001663
- LCSH
- Villages--Pakistan--Punjab (Province)
- Land reform--Pakistan--Punjab (Province)
- Social classes--Pakistan--Punjab (Province)
- Punjab (Pakistan)--Rural conditions