Government of paper
Subtitle: the materiality of bureaucracy in urban Pakistan
By: Matthew Hull
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Berkeley
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780520272149; 9780520272156
Subjects: Politics and government; Bureaucracy; Government paperwork; Records and correspondence; Planning; City planning; Municipal government; Capitals (Cities); Public records
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The master plan and other documents; title: Parchis, petitions and offices: approaches to the bureaucracy; title: Files and the political economy of paper; title: The expropriation of land and the misappropriation of lists; title: Maps, mosques, and maslaks: ecumenical planning and sectarian conflict.