Government of paper

Hull, Matthew S. 1968-

Government of paper the materiality of bureaucracy in urban Pakistan / [electronic resource] : Matthew S. Hull. - Berkeley : University of California Press, 2012. - xiv, 301 p. : ill.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- The master plan and other documents -- Parchis, petitions and offices: approaches to the bureaucracy -- Files and the political economy of paper -- The expropriation of land and the misappropriation of lists -- Maps, mosques, and maslaks: ecumenical planning and sectarian conflict.


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Government paperwork--Pakistan--Islāmābād.
Bureaucracy--Pakistan--Islāmābād.
Capitals (Cities)--Planning.--Pakistan
City planning--Pakistan--Islāmābād.
Public records--Pakistan--Islāmābād.
Municipal government--Pakistan--Records and correspondence.


Islāmābād (Pakistan)--Politics and government.


Electronic books.

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