Violence and Resistance in Pakistan by Leghari, Faryal;

Spectral States, Fragmented Borderlands, and Women’s Agency

Series: Routledge Studies in South Asian Politics;

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Product details:

Edition number 1
Publisher Routledge
Date of Publication 30 September 2025

ISBN 9781041015840
Binding Hardback
No. of pages248 pages
Size 234x156 mm
Weight 620 g
Language English
Illustrations 8 Illustrations, black & white; 8 Halftones, black & white; 4 Tables, black & white

Short description:

This book examines violence and political developments in the western borderland communities of Pakistan through the lens of gendered experiences of insecurity, and will be of interst to researchers of regional-geopolitical security, post-colonial states and militarisation in the Global South, and borderland, gender and South Asian studies.

Long description:

This book examines violence and political developments in the western borderland communities of Pakistan, a postcolonial militarist state in the Global South, through the lens of gendered experiences of insecurity. It provides a fresh perspective on comprehending the perception and experience of security among individuals, uncovering the role of gender hierarchies and gendered hierarchies in shaping state policies and personal encounters with security and violence.

Based on ground-based qualitative research, in-depth interviews with Mahsud men and women, military and government officials, academics, security experts and aid organisation officials, each chapter foregrounds an analysis of militarisation, violence, and resistance through varied thematic lens. The result is a rich and original study of Waziristan where conflict and security are presented through a feminist geopolitical perspective, calling for fresh comprehensions of gendered understandings of militarisation and security and a reappraisal of vulnerable populations.

Addressing a gap in the literature regarding the relationship between state-peripheral communities, violence, security, and militarisation in the Global South, this book analyses power relations through a gendered lens and explores the impact of armed violence in everyday life. It will be of interest to researchers in the field of regional geopolitical and security studies, postcolonial states and militarisation in the Global South, as well as borderland studies, gender studies, and South Asian studies.

Introduction. Part I: Deconstructing the Narratives of Militarisation and Security in Waziristan Chapter 1: Militarisation in the Periphery. Chapter 2: The Mahsud, the Taliban and the Spectral State: Response, Resilience, Resistance and Review. Chapter 3: Heart of Darkness: Violence and Insecurity in Waziristan. Part II: Stepping out from the Shadow of the Gun Chapter 4: Mahsud Women’s Chronicles of Violence in Waziristan: Honour, female bodies, and the state. Chapter 5: The Fragmented Body and Politics of Rubble: A Singular Interpretation of Resistance. Part III: Geographies of Loss and Hope: Mahsud women’s response to political and security changes Chapter 6: Geographies of Loss: Impact of Militarisation, Conflict, and Displacements on Mahsud women. Chapter 7: Geographies of Hope (Anticipations): Testaments from the Ruins of War and Peace. Conclusion

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