Local Politics in Afghanistan: A Century of Intervention in Social Order - Hardcover

9780199327928: Local Politics in Afghanistan: A Century of Intervention in Social Order

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ISBN 10: 0199327920 ISBN 13: 9780199327928

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA, 2013

Local Politics in Afghanistan 'All politics is local politics' is an adage which is perhaps more relevant in Afghanistan than many other countries and accounts for the failure of its overcentralised state Full description

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Review:

"Local Politics in Afghanistan should do for the micro-study of Afghanistan what Decoding the New Taliban did for Taliban studies. Schetter's edited volume is an engaging set of essays on the dynamics of the local level of activity and how this intersects with other agendas--whether imposed from outside by foreigners/internationals or from the Afghan government itself."--Alex Strick van Linschoten, co-editor of My Life With the Taliban and Poetry of the Taliban

About the Author:

Conrad Schetter is Research Fellow at the Center for Development Research (ZEF) of the University of Bonn. He is also coordinator of the "Crossroads Asia. Conflict, Migration, Development" research network. His publications focus on local structures of power and violence, the politics of intervention, as well as collective identities. His main regional focus is Afghanistan, Pakistan and Central Asia.

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