Working Paper

Political Violence in Pakistan 1988-2010: Patterns and Trends (IGC Working Paper)

author(s) Fair, C.C.. - Rais, R.B.. - Shapiro, J.N.
from UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO)
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  • Southern Asia
  • Asia
  • World
citation

Shapiro, J.N.; Fair, C.C.; Rais, R.B. Political Violence in Pakistan 1988-2010: Patterns and Trends (IGC Working Paper). International Growth Centre (IGC), London, UK (2012) 36 pp

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Abstract

The authors developed incident-level data on political violence in Pakistan from 1988 to the present. These data include a range of details on 27,555 incidents to help: Identify broad patterns of violence across multiple actors and types of events for each district and province of Pakistan. Bring clarity to policy debates over who suffered which kinds of violence, where, and when. Inform basic research in political science, sociology, and South Asian studies

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