2008/01/31 by Akbar S. Ahmed · 1 citation
Social Sciences · #South Asian Studies and Conflicts #Opposition (politics) #Political science #History #Political economy #Law #Sociology #Politics
paper · doi:10.1111/j.1467-8322.2008.00557.x
openalex publication_date 2008/01/31 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/05/21
Benazir Bhutto was assassinated on 27 December 2007, two weeks prior to the date scheduled for the Pakistani general election, in which she would have been a leading opposition candidate. Here ANTHROPOLOGY TODAY asks Akbar S. Ahmed how anthropologists might interpret the events and Bhutto's legacy.