Social Structure of Pakistan: An Attempt at Developing Some Concepts

Sabeeha Hafeez
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Sabeeha Hafeez: Women's Division, Government of Pakistan, Islamabad

The Pakistan Development Review, 1985, vol. 24, issue 3-4, 619-642

Abstract: In this paper J would like to introduce three interrelated propositions about the Social structure of Pakistan: (i) that Pakistan society is characterized by a social stratification process which is compensatory in nature; (ii) that the compensatory process of social stratification over the years has given rise to status-centric value orientation; and (iii) that the most significant indicator of status-centric orientation is emergence of artificial middle class which can be distinguished from real middle class in terms of norms

Date: 1985
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