An Anthropological Analysis of Local Politics and Patronage in a Pakistani Village (Mellen Studies in Anthropology, V. 12)

Politics & Social Sciences

Lyon, Stephen M.

Social Sciences

Edwin Mellen Pr

<p>In Political Kinship in Pakistan, Stephen M. Lyon illustrates how contemporary politics in Pakistan are built on complex kinship networks created through marriage and descent relations. Lyon points to kinship as a critical mechanism for understanding both Pakistan's continued inability to develop strong and stable governments, and its incredible durability in the face of pressures that have led to the collapse and failure of other states around the world.</p>

Political Kinship in Pakistan: Descent, Marriage, and Government Stability (Anthropology of Kinship and the Family)

Anthropology

Lexington Books

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