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020			_a9781139161817 (ebook)
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049			_aAlfaisal Main Library
050	0	0	_aDS371.42 _bM85 2014
082	0	0	_a320.9581 _223
100	1		_aMukhopadhyay, Dipali, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aWarlords, strongman governors, and the state in Afghanistan / _cDipali Mukhopadhyay.
246	3		_aWarlords, Strongman Governors, & the State in Afghanistan
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2014.
300			_a1 online resource (xii, 374 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
505	0		_aAtta Mohammad Noor, the Son of Balkh -- Gul Agha Sherzai, the neo-Khan of Nangarhar -- Ismail Khan, the Emir of Herat and Juma Khan Hamdard, the Wandering Wali.
520			_aWarlords have come to represent enemies of peace, security, and 'good governance' in the collective intellectual imagination. This book asserts that not all warlords are created equal. Under certain conditions, some become effective governors on behalf of the state. This provocative argument is based on extensive fieldwork in Afghanistan, where Mukhopadhyay examined warlord-governors who have served as valuable exponents of the Karzai regime in its struggle to assert control over key segments of the countryside. She explores the complex ecosystems that came to constitute provincial political life after 2001 and exposes the rise of 'strongman' governance in two provinces. While this brand of governance falls far short of international expectations, its emergence reflects the reassertion of the Afghan state in material and symbolic terms that deserve our attention. This book pushes past canonical views of warlordism and state building to consider the logic of the weak state as it has arisen in challenging, conflict-ridden societies like Afghanistan.
650		0	_aGovernors _zAfghanistan _vBiography.
650		0	_aWarlordism _zAfghanistan _xHistory.
651		0	_aAfghanistan _xPolitics and government _y2001-
650		0	_aPolitical culture _zAfghanistan.
651		0	_aAfghanistan _vBiography.
655		7	_aElectronic books. _2local
710	2		_aCambridge eBooks.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9781107023925
856	4	0	_uhttp://ezproxy.alfaisal.edu/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139161817
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