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Recovering the frontier state : war, ethnicity, and state in Afghanistan
- Title
- Recovering the frontier state : war, ethnicity, and state in Afghanistan / Rasul Bakhsh Rais.
- Author
- Rais, Rasul Bux.
- Publication
- Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, ©2008.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | DS371.4 .R34 2008 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xi, 237 p.; 24 cm.
- Summary
- Incessant war and insurgency has led to mobilization along ethnic and religious lines in Afghanistan, having a profound effect on the kinds of institutions that have perpetuated over time. Recovering the Frontier State analyzes preemptive and reactive intervention by neighboring states and their links to ethnic groups inside Afghanistan and explores the geopolitical history of social groups of Afghanistan, with an intensive account of the rise of power contenders as a function of their history, their links with external actors, and their traditional position in the indigenous vertical hierarchy. While Rasul Bakhsh Rais deems the legacy of the previous intervention for containment as a major contributing factor to the disorder in Afghanistan's state and society, he draws on lessons from the past intervention to assuage current obstacles and stalemates that are hindering political, social, and economic development in Afghanistan.
- Subject
- Since 2001
- Ethnicity > Afghanistan
- 89.41 internal relations of the state with separate groups
- Ethnic relations
- Ethnicity
- Politics and government
- Ethnische Identität
- Politik
- Formation of government
- Ethnic relations
- Identität > Afghanistan
- Staat
- Politik
- Ethnizität
- Afghanistan
- Ethnicity
- Politics
- Government
- Wars
- Kriget i Afghanistan > 2001-
- Politik och förvaltning > Afghanistan
- Etnicitet > Afghanistan
- Afghanistan > Politics and government > 2001-2021
- Afghanistan > Ethnic relations
- Afghanistan
- Afghanistan > Politik
- Afghanistan > politik och förvaltning > 2001-
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-227) anf index.
- Contents
- Ethnicity, political power, and fragmentation -- Rise of the Taliban and Civil War -- The United States and the war on terrorism -- Restructuring a new Afghan state -- Political economy of drugs and warlordism -- Afghanistan and the neighboring states.
- ISBN
- 9780739109564
- 0739109561
- 9780739137017
- 0739137018
- LCCN
- 2007046975
- OCLC
- ocn181368883
- 181368883
- SCSB-14430528
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library