1st Edition
The Afghan-Central Asia Borderland The State and Local Leaders
By Suzanne Levi-Sanchez
Copyright 2017
196 Pages
3 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
196 Pages
3 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
196 Pages
3 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Based on extensive, long-term fieldwork in the borderlands of Afghan and Tajik Badakhshan, this book explores the importance of local leaders and local identity groups for the stability of a state’s borders, and ultimately for the stability of the state itself. It shows how the implantation of formal institutional structures at the border, a process supported by United Nations and other... Read more
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
Biography
Suzanne Levi-Sanchez is a Postdoctoral Researcher at Rutgers University, USA.
