Government of paper: the materiality of bureaucracy in urban pakistan
Auteur :
Hull, Matthew S.
Éditeur :
Hull, Matthew S.
ISBN :
9780520272149
Date de publication :
19 juin 2012
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 2,5 cm
Poids :
467 g
Format :
Cloth over boards
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
In the planned city of Islamabad, order and disorder are produced through the ceaseless inscription and circulation of millions of paper artifacts among bureaucrats, politicians, and property owners. What are the implications of such paper mediation of relationships among people, things, places, and purposes? This book explores this question.