{"product_id":"afghanistan-niamatullah-ibrahimi-9781138320635","title":"Afghanistan: Politics and Economics in a Globalising State","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book offers an overview of the formation of the Afghan state and of the politics, economic challenges and international relations of contemporary Afghanistan. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt opens with an account of some of the key features that make Afghanistan unique and proceeds to discuss how the Afghan state acquired a distinctive character as a rentier state. In addition, the authors outline a complex range of domestic and external factors that led to the breakdown of the state, and how that breakdown gave rise to a set of challenges with which Afghan political and social actors have been struggling to deal since the 2001 international intervention that overthrew the anti-modernist Taliban regime. It then presents the different types of politics that Afghanistan has witnessed over the last two decades; examines some of the most important features of the Afghan economy; and demonstrates how Afghanistan's geopolitical location and international relations more broadly have complicated the task of promoting stability in the post-2001 period. It concludes with some reflections on the factors that are likely to shape Afghanistan's future trajectory and notes that if there are hopes for a better future, they largely rest on the shoulders of a globalised generation of younger Afghans.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book will be of interest to students and scholars in the fields of Middle East and Central Asian studies, international relations, politics, development studies and history. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Niamatullah Ibrahimi,William Maley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1138320633\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781138320635\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/04\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 188\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.30w x 0.80d","brand":"Niamatullah Ibrahimi","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48087723966719,"sku":"9781138320635","price":190.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_16a818b5-bbcf-428f-9845-3c2b388c39d1.jpg?v=1769101046","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/afghanistan-niamatullah-ibrahimi-9781138320635","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}