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Author:   Sadaf Ahmad (Associate Professor of Anthropology, Associate Professor at Mushtaq Ahmad Gurmani School of Humanities and Social Sciences at LUM)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   I.B. Tauris
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.60cm
Weight:   0.540kg
ISBN:  

9780755657681

ISBN 10:   0755657683
Pages:   264
Publication Date:   30 October 2025
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

PART ONE: FOUNDATIONS Chapter 1. Policing: An Historical, Cultural Product Chapter 2. “I am very happy!” Knowledge Production in a Hierarchical Field PART TWO: PEOPLE, PLACES Chapter 3. An Unequal Playing Field: The Police as a Gendered Organisation Chapter 4. Patriarchal Social Landscapes: The Family and Community Chapter 5. Privileges, Possibilities and Differentials: Female Officers in Senior Ranks Chapter 6. “Woman Thaanas”: An Ambiguous Status PART THREE: ORGANISATIONAL EMBEDDEDNESS AND ENTANGLEMENTS Chapter 7. “Culture bara heavy hai” (The culture is very strong): Gender and Police Corruption Chapter 8. Police Violence: Organisational Logics, Constraints and Moral Subjectivities Chapter 9. Continuity and Change: The Complexity of Gender Progress

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This is an important work, the kind that advances our understanding of changing gendered power relations, women’s agency, and social transformations occurring throughout Pakistan. It addresses the important issue of policing which has been shrouded in controversy due to the fears most women have of going to a police station. Ahmed deftly addresses the impact of the introduction of female police officers and female police stations and the actual multi-faceted impacts they have had on both society and on the lives of the women police officers themselves. -- Anita M. Weiss, Professor Emerita, University of Oregon, US; author of Interpreting Islam, Modernity and Women’s Rights in Pakistan Rights in Pakistan

Author Information

Sadaf Ahmad is Associate Professor of Anthropology in the Mushtaq Ahmad Gurmani School of Humanities and Social Sciences at LUMS, Lahore, Pakistan. She completed her PhD in Cultural Anthropology at Syracuse University in the USA and is the author of Transforming Faith: A Story of Al-Huda and Islamic Revivalism Among Urban Pakistani Women.

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