Hidden Bibliographic Details
| ISBN: | 9781107731844
1107731844
9781139161817
1139161814
1139894382
9781139894388
1107720524
9781107720527
1107727731
9781107727731
1107730090
9781107730090
1107728339
9781107728332
1107595851
9781107595859
9781107023925
1107023920
9781107595859
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| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references.
English.
Print version record.
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| Summary: | "Warlords 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"--
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| Other form: | Print version: Mukhopadhyay, Dipali. Warlords, strongman governors, and the state in Afghanistan 9781107023925
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