Islamabad and the Politics of International Development in Pakistan

Erscheinungsjahr 2017
ISBN: 978-1-107-67999-3
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 331 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 482 g

This is a highly original account of the design and development of Pakistan's capital city; one of the most iconic and ambitious urban reconstruction projects of the twentieth century. Balancing archival research with fresh, theoretical insights, Markus Daechsel surveys the successes and failures of Greek urbanist Constantinos A. Doxiadis's most ambitious endeavour, Islamabad, analysing how the project not only changed the international order, but the way in which the Pakistani state operated in the 1950s and 1960s. In dissecting Doxiadis's fraught encounter with Pakistani policy makers, bureaucrats and ordinary citizens, the book offers an unprecedented account of Islamabad's place in post-war international development. Daechsel provides new insights into this period and explores the history of development as a charged, transnational venture between foreign consultants and donors on the one side and the postcolonial nation state on the other.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Daechsel, Markus

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Humangeographie Historische Geographie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Historische Geographie, Landkarten & Atlanten
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Regional- & Raumplanung Stadtplanung, Kommunale Planung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction; 1. Architect of development; 2. The consultant's gaze; 3. From great plan to great project; 4. On the road to Islamabad; 5. Planning the Muslim city of the future; 6. The consultant under attack; Conclusion; Bibliography.

Über Autor(innen)

Daechsel, Markus
Markus Daechsel is Senior Lecturer in Modern Islamic History at Royal Holloway University of London.