Order, stability, and change in Afghanistan: From top-down to bottom-up state-making

Central Asian Survey

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 353-370

  Wilde, Andreas ^a   Mielke, Katja ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Afghanistan; Local governance; Mediation; Patronage; Social order; Stability

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE SYSTEM; CIVIL WAR; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; POLITICAL RELATIONS; POLITICAL SYSTEM; RURAL POLITICS; STATE BUILDING;

AFGHANISTAN;

EID: 84888225558     PISSN: 02634937     EISSN: 14653354     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02634937.2013.843309     Document Type: Article

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