The Neutral State: Political Performances and Knowledge Practices in Karachi’s Waterscape

• In Event: JSS SESSION: Politics, the State, and "Security" in Pakistan

Brief Overview

This article addresses the everyday politics of water access in Karachi, Pakistan’s largest and most water-starved city, to explore the evolving relationship between states and societies in the postcolonial context.

Author

• Usmaan Masood Farooqui, University of Massachusetts Amherst