Suzanne Levi-Sanchez

The Afghan-Central Asia Borderland

The State and Local Leaders

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Based on extensive fieldwork in the Afghan and Tajik Badakhshan borderlands, this book shows how implantation of formal institutional border structures can be counterproductive. This is because it can marginalise local leaders and alienate the local population, thereby increasing overall instability. The book shows how, in this particular borderland, trafficking, corrupt border personnel, and imperfect new institutional arrangements, contributed to a complex mix of oppression and resistance, benefitting illicit traders and hindering humanitarian work.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 196
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Juli 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 160mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 408g
• ISBN-13: 9781138912892
• ISBN-10: 1138912891
• Artikelnr.: 42742571

Autorenporträt

Suzanne Levi-Sanchez is a Postdoctoral Researcher at Rutgers University, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. Conceptualization, Theoretical Framework, and Methodology
3. Border Development in Badakhshan
4. Ancient Myths, Modern Identity
5. The Social Organization of the Borderlands of Gorno-Badakhshan
6. Border Institutions: Ruling the Unruly or Unruling the Rulers?
7. The Social Organization of Opium in Afghan Badakhshan
8. Conclusion