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Hamza Alavi

1921-2003·7,138 citations

Hamza Alavi was a prominent Pakistani Marxist sociologist and political economist who taught at the University of Manchester and the University of Denver. He is best known for his influential theory of the 'overdeveloped state' in postcolonial societies and his 'middle peasant thesis' regarding revolutionary potential in agrarian structures.

Works

201 works
TitleYearLanguageCitations
The state in post-colonial societies1972en1,805
Peasants and revolution1965en466
India and the colonial mode of production1975en409
Peasant classes and primordial loyalties1973en368
Kinship in west Punjab villages1972en274
Introduction to the Sociology of" developing Societies"1982en263
Pakistan and Islam: ethnicity and ideology1988en221
State and class under peripheral capitalism1982en209
State and ideology in the Middle East and Pakistan1988en183
The state in post-colonial societies: Pakistan and Bangladesh1973en179
Class and state in Pakistan1982en154
Los campesinos y la política.- Hamza Alavi , Las clases campesinas y las lealtades primordiales. Trad. del ingles1976en152
Nationhood and the Nationalities in Pakistan1991en128
Las clases campesinas y las lealtades primordiales1976entr.127
Capitalism and colonial production1982en121
Pakistani women in a changing society1991en107
Imperialism old and new1964en99
The rural elite and agricultural development in Pakistan1976en99
Politics of ethnicity in India and Pakistan2011en95
India: transition from feudalism to colonial capitalism1980en93
Social forces and ideology in the making of Pakistan200289
Authoritarianism and legitimation of state power in Pakistan199085
The politics of dependence: a village in West Punjab1971en84
Ethnicity, Muslim society, and the Pakistan ideology1986en80
Structure of colonial formations1981en54
Sociology of Developing Societies1982en52
Rural development in Bangladesh and Pakistan1976en51
Pakistan-US military alliance199850
Formation of the social structure of South Asia under the impact of colonialism198947
Peasantry and capitalism: a marxist discourse1987en44
The two biraderies: kinship in rural West Punjab2001en44
Nationhood and communal violence in Pakistan199142
La cuestión agraria: El discurso marxista de Kautsky1988entr.38
The Post-Colonial State1972en37
Ironies of History: Contradictions of the Khilafat Movement199737
The army and bureaucracy in Pakistan1966en35
Rural bases of political power in South Asia1974en33
The rural elite and agricultural development1976en32
India: Transition to colonial capitalism2023en31
Bangladesh and the Crises of Pakistan1971en29
Introduction to the English edition: Peasantry and capitalism1988en28
Elite farmer strategy and regional disparities in the agricultural development of Pakistan1973en27
Misreading partition road signs200227
Pakistan between Afghanistan and India200224
Peasants and Revolution'. Socialist Register1965en20
Teoría de la revolución campesina1974entr.19
Village factions198817
Teoría marxista del imperialismo197317
The colonial transformation in India1979en16
Viejo y nuevo imperialismo1964entr.15