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Informal Order and the State in Afghanistan (Paperback) Loot Price: R1,217
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Informal Order and the State in Afghanistan (Paperback): Jennifer Brick Murtazashvili

Informal Order and the State in Afghanistan (Paperback)

Jennifer Brick Murtazashvili

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Despite vast efforts to build the state, profound political order in rural Afghanistan is maintained by self-governing, customary organizations. Informal Order and the State in Afghanistan explores the rules governing these organizations to explain why they can provide public goods. Instead of withering during decades of conflict, customary authority adapted to become more responsive and deliberative. Drawing on hundreds of interviews and observations from dozens of villages across Afghanistan, and statistical analysis of nationally representative surveys, Jennifer Brick Murtazashvili demonstrates that such authority enhances citizen support for democracy, enabling the rule of law by providing citizens with a bulwark of defence against predatory state officials. Contrary to conventional wisdom, it shows that 'traditional' order does not impede the development of the state because even the most independent-minded communities see a need for a central government - but question its effectiveness when it attempts to rule them directly and without substantive consultation.

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Imprint: Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: August 2018
Authors: Jennifer Brick Murtazashvili
Dimensions: 230 x 153 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade
Pages: 363
ISBN-13: 978-1-107-53458-2
Categories: Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > General
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LSN: 1-107-53458-5
Barcode: 9781107534582

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