Recovering the Frontier State: War, Ethnicity, and the State in Afghanistan (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780739137017)

The book explores how legacies of internal strife and foreign invasions have altered the balance of social and political forces that provided some measure of stability to Afghanistan. The country faces structural constraints in the way of reviving itself owing to ethnic fragmentation, Taliban insurgency, and shallow social roots of political power. The central argument is that Afghanistan needs positive international engagement to find a new balance among its fractious social groups and build effective state and nationhood.

Author: Rasul Bakhsh Rais
ISBN-10: 0739137018
ISBN-13: 9780739137017
Publisher: Lexington Books
Language: English
Published: 04/16/2009
Pages: 238
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 9.00h x 5.90w x 0.70d