Community Perceptions of Forced Marriage

NoThis is an analytical report for the Community Liaison Unit (CLU), 'Community Perceptions of Forced Marriage'. This report provides the context, explores the problems and the perceptions of the Pakistani and Bangladeshi communities of forced marriages. Therefore, this report represents a comprehensive and rigorous synthesis of existing research evidence combined with primary data collected specifically for the report

The army and democracy: military politics in Pakistan

Ye

Pakistani Diaspora in the UK and USA

Ye

Managing Diversity in Pakistan: Going Beyond Federalism

YesThe paper considers various theoretical perspectives that underscore the relevance of managing difference in a multinational state and the various strategies used by state in regulating difference in general and to Pakistan specifically. It then briefly illustrates the central features of federalism at different points in Pakistan¿s history and then considers the actually practise of managing difference at various historical junctures. A critical analysis of the various alterative approaches is then considered and an evaluation of the pro and cons of each suggestion is made allowing for reflections on possible policy development

Giovani musulmani in Europa. Tipologie di appartenenza religiosa e dinamiche socio-culturali

Il volume, a partire da ricerche sul campo, analizza la situazione dei giovani musulmani in Italia e nei principali paesi europei, presentando come l'islam influenzi i loro vissuti in rapporto ai diversi contesti.- Indice #9- Introduzione, Andrea Pacini #13- La leadership islamica in Europa: tra fondamentalismo e cosmopolitismo, Jocelyne Cesari #25- La trasmissione dell'islam alle nuove generazioni della diaspora, Chantal Saint-Blancat, #39- I giovani musulmani in Gran Bretagna: dall'identità etnica all'identità religiosa, A. Yunas Samad #55- I giovani musulmani in Germania, Czarina Wilpert #93- I giovani musulmani in Francia, Alexandre Caeiro #139- Giovani musulmani d'Italia.Trasformazioni socio-culturali e domande di cittadinanza, Annalisa Frisina 163- Musulmani e italiani, tra le altre cose. Tattiche e strategie identitarie di giovani figli di immigrati musulmani, Annalisa Frisina 185- Conclusione. I giovani musulmani in Europa: nuovi cittadini e nuovi credenti, Jocelyne Cesari #213- Bibliografia generale #22

Community cohesion without parallel lives in Bradford

The concept of community cohesion is the centrepiece of the policy that was formulated by the British government in response to the urban disturbances in northern English towns during 2001. A number of official reports identified lack of community cohesion as the critical factor. The central argument for community cohesion, the self-segregation thesis, was based on evidence from Bradford. The core idea, parallel lives, was first articulated in the Ouseley Report and incorporated into the Cantle Report and subsequent government reports into the 2001 disturbances. The Commission for Integration and Cohesion widened the concept of community cohesion, which encompassed faith and ethnic groups, to include income and generation, suggesting that the concept was more complex than earlier definitions allowed. However, the increasing concern with terrorism has meant that Muslims remain the focus of debates on cohesion, and a conflation of the community cohesion programme with the government's anti-terrorism strategy is evident in the policy literature. Samad's article is based on research carried out in Bradford to unearth and explore the factors that enhance or undermine community cohesion in those areas where there are established Muslim communities and, additionally, those in which Muslim migrants have recently arrived. It scrutinizes the debate on a number of issues: the difficulties in defining and implementing community cohesion policy, and the issues of segregation, social capital, transnationalism and belonging. This data-driven analysis takes the main areas of debate and tests them with evidence from Bradford. The research findings challenge some of the fundamental assumptions that have informed government policy by providing new evidence that throws light on central aspects of the debate. The need to reflect on these assumptions became more relevant after the English riots of 2011, centred in London, and the subsequent necessity to develop an effective strategy that engages with their root causes

Transnational Islamic Militancy: A Sociological Perspective

Ye

Understanding the insurgency in Balochistan

NoThe management and incorporation of ethnic identities in Pakistan has historically been far more problematic in Balochistan than other provinces and regions. With the killing in 2006 of Akbar Bugti, a leading political figure who was the head of the Bugti tribe and served as federal minister, chief minister and Governor of Balochistan, the province became politically polarised and has descended into a new cycle of bombings, abductions and murders. The rebellion has resulted in a major security operation pitting the security forces against the Baloch people, attacks against Punjabi settlers and sectarian violence against Hazara Shias that collectively threaten to derail major development projects and increase instability in Pakistan as a whole at a critical juncture. This article examines the insurgency in Balochistan and evaluates various perspectives that have been used to explain the present crisis: external intervention, resistance to social change, resource driven conflict theory, transnationalism and diaspora, and failure to manage difference. After examining the evidence it concludes by arguing that the primary cause for the insurgency in Pakistan is due to poor management of difference

Muslims and Community Cohesion in Bradford: Factors contributing to community cohesion, as it affects recently arrived migrants and established Muslim communities

YesThis study examined factors that either enhance or undermine community cohesion in areas with established Muslim communities and into which Muslim migrants have recently arrived. It explores ethnic and religious interaction; kinship and friendship networks; political and civic participation; community and people's feelings of belonging to Britain; and local policy-maker' and practitioners' views.Joseph Rowntree Foundatio

The Pakistan-US Conundrum: Jihadists, the Military and the People - The Struggle for Control

NoPresents an analysis of Pakistan that features five players: the people, the army, the Islamists, the politicians and the Americans. This book explains how a series of alliances borne of political and strategic expediency between the US and the military have continually undermined the state to the extent that its very existence is in jeopardy