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Author Naqvi, Ijlal

Title Access to Power Electricity and the Infrastructural State in Pakistan
Published Oxford : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2022

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Description 1 online resource (209 p.)
Series Modern South Asia Ser
Modern South Asia Ser
Summary One of Pakistan's largest problems is its inability to produce enough electricity. In Access to Power, Ijlal Naqvi explores state capacity in Pakistan by following the material infrastructure of electricity across the provinces and down into cities and homes. He argues that the national challenges of budgetary constraints and power shortages directly result from conscious strategic decisions that are integral to Pakistan's infrastructural state. Looking through the lens of the electrical power sector, this book reveals how Pakistan actually functions and to whose benefit
Notes Description based upon print version of record
Subject Electric industries -- Pakistan
Electric power -- Pakistan
Power resources -- Pakistan
Infrastructure (Economics) -- Pakistan
Electric industries
Electric power
Infrastructure (Economics)
Power resources
Pakistan
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780197540961
0197540961