Open AccessInterpreting Ethnic Movements in Pakistan (Distinguished Lecture)
Author(s) -
Christophe Jaffrelot
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
pakistan development review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.154
H-Index - 26
ISSN - 0030-9729
DOI - 10.30541/v37i4ipp.153-179
Subject(s) - ethnic group , centralisation , feeling , vulnerability (computing) , politics , development economics , political economy , political science , identity (music) , state (computer science) , collective identity , social psychology , sociology , economic system , economics , psychology , law , physics , computer security , algorithm , computer science , acoustics
The paper looks into the causes behind various ethnicmovements in Pakistan and finds that these identity movements do notstem from primordial collective bonds. Rather, they originate from amotivation to promote specific interests, political as well associo-economic. Centralisation of the state is an additional factorcontributing to the ethnic tensions in the country as it leads to astrong feeling of vulnerability among the smaller groups.