Presenting an ethnographic study of a multi-ethnic, middle-class high-rise apartment building in Karachi, Pakistan, this book argues that peace is the product of a relentless daily labour, much of it carried out in the zenana, or women's space. It provides a glimpse into contemp…
Bürgerlichkeit als Selbstverständnis und Lebenshaltung sind im Deutschland des 21. Jahrhunderts allgegenwärtig, und mit dem Phänomen bleibt auch der Reiz, sich dem Bürgertum und der Bürgerlichkeit in historischer Perspektive stets von Neuem anzunähern: Untersucht werden in diese…
"This work provides a new, comprehensive, and empirically grounded study of household incomes in China that critically examines the long-term rise and recent apparent decline in inequality. It covers incomes and inequality nationwide as well as separately in the urban and rural …
"This work provides a new, comprehensive, and empirically grounded study of household incomes in China that critically examines the long-term rise and recent apparent decline in inequality. It covers incomes and inequality nationwide as well as separately in the urban and rural …
Pakistan's presence in the outside world is dominated by images of religious extremism and violence. These images ... and the narratives that interpret them ... inform events in the international realm, but they also twist back around to shape local class politics. In The New Pa…
Pakistan's presence in the outside world is dominated by images of religious extremism and violence. These images--and the narratives that interpret them--inform events in the international realm, but they also twist back around to shape local class politics. In The New Pakistan…
Scholars have pointed to the decline of the middle class since the end of the 19th century. Andreas Schulz views middle class life as being a model of stability that still retains its power of identification, and offers support to those who regard themselves as members of the mi…
