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Ruled by records: the expropriation of land and the misappropriation of lists in Islamabad
American ethnologist • 35 (4) • Published In 2008 • Pages: 501-518
By: Hull, Matthew S. (Matthew Stuart).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The author examines land expropriation on the outskirts of the expanding capital city of Islamabad. The original city plan was designed to accommodate gradual expansion. In spite of attempts to make the process transparent and rational, villagers resisted, contesting in the courts the expropriation of and compensation for their property. Some strategies relied on the use of alternate, incompatible land surveys, and the building of "dummy houses."
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Settlement patterns
- Real property
- Acquisition and relinquishment of property
- Administrative agencies
- Pressure politics
- Property offenses
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- West Punjabi
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Asia
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- South Asia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard; 2020
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1997-1998
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1968-2000
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Islamabad Capital Territory, Pakistan
- NotesAdditional notes
- Matthew S. Hull
- includes bibliographical references (p. 516-518)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 74644326
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Pakistan--Social life and customs
- Pakistan--Economic conditions