Afghanistan : identity, society and politics since 1980 / introduction by Roy Olivier ; edited by Micheline Centlivres-Demont.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Centlivres-Demont, Micheline, editor.

Olivier, Roy, writer of introduction.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Afghanistan--Politics and government--21st century.

Afghanistan.

Afghanistan--History--20th century.

Afghanistan--History--21st century.

Afghanistan--Politics and government--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (266 pages) : illustrations, map

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2015.

Summary:

"Over the last three decades Afghanistan has been plagued by crisis - from Soviet invasion in 1979 and Taliban rule to US invasion following the events of 9/11. Here the top specialists on Afghanistan, including Olivier Roy, Ahmad Rashid and Jonathan Goodhand, provide a unique overview of the evolution, causes and future of the Afghan crisis. Covering political and military events and examining the role of ethnic groups, religious and ideological factors and the role of the leaders and war chiefs of the period - from the anti-Soviet resistance to the presidency of Hamid Karzai - this book will prove essential reading to all interested in Afghanistan and the wider Middle East region. Examining recent events in the light of the country's economy, Afghan civil society, cultural heritage and state reconstruction attempts, this is a comprehensive and diverse look at a country whose recent history has been marked by internal conflicts and foreign intervention--Bloomsbury Publishing."

Contents:

Introduction

Part 1. The PDPA Regime, 1978-89

Chapter 1. The Bridge on the amu Darya / Micheline Centlivres-Demont

Chapter 2. All Roads Lead to Rome / Aziz Zekrya

Chapter 3. The Geopolitical Stakes From the Soviet Point of View / Michel Foucher

Chapter 4. Pakistan on the Frontline / Jean-Christophe Victor

Chapter 5. The Land Reform of 1979 and Its Aftermath / Erwin Grötzbach

Chapter 6. The Kabul Government Institutions / Chantal Lobato

Chapter 7. What is Becoming of the Kyrgyz in Turkey? / Rémy Dor

Chapter 8. The Afghan Situation in Summer 1987 / Olivier Roy

Chapter 9. Towards a Soviet Withdrawal? / Olivier Roy

Chapter 10. Afghan Women Today / Pierre Centlivres and Micheline Centlivres-Demont

Chapter 11. Pakistan and the Afghan Issue / Mushahid Hussain

Chapter 12. Afghanistan: an American View / Selig S. Harrison

Chapter 13. The Political Reconstruction of Afghanistan: the Hazaras a Hundred Years After Abdur Rahman / Rolf Bindemann

Chapter 14. The Russians Ready to Intervene in Afghanistan at France's Request: a Century Ago / Pierre Centlivres

Part 2. The Mujahedeen Moment, 1990-95

Chapter 15. Finding a Political Solution: Rejection or Participation / Jean-José Puig

Chapter 16. Pakistan's Afghan Policy: No Light at the End of the Tunnel / Mushahid Hussain

Chapter 17. Afghanistan and the Arab World / Arnold Hottinger

Chapter 18. Consociationalism and Afghan Political Order / William Maley

Chapter 19. The Reconstitution of the Afghan State / William Maley

Chapter 20. Afghan Women View the Future / Nancy Hatch Dupree

Chapter 21. Herat: A Model and on Opportunity for Afghanistan / Bernard Dupaigne

Chapter 22. Reflections on the Political Development Since the Fall of the Pdpa Regime / Asta Olesen

Chapter 23. From Pashtunistan to Central Asia: Pakistan's Afghan Policy / Frédéric Grare

Chapter 24. The Instability of Power / Barnett R. Rubin

Chapter 25. Ethnicity Cannot Be the Basis for a Common Policy: the Hazara Failure in the Struggle for Afghanistan / Rolf Bindemann

Chapter 26. Some Reflections on the Pashtunistan Problem / Sayyid Qasim Reshtya

Part 3. Afghanistan Under the Taliban, 1996-2001

Chapter 27. Regional Impact of the Taliban Breakthrough / Olivier Roy

Chapter 28. The Taliban: Fundamentalist, Traditionalist or Totalitarian? / William Maley

Chapter 29. The Kabul Museum Under the Taliban / Nancy Hatch Dupree

Chapter 30. Greater Afghanistan: a Missed Chance? / Ludwig Adamec

Chapter 31. The End of us Policy Towards Afghanistan? / Barnett R. Rubin

Chapter 32. The Taliban: the New Forces of Law and Order in Afghanistan / Citha D. Maass

Chapter 33. The Taliban: Revolutionary Dynamic and Regional Environment / Gilles Dorronsoro

Chapter 34. The Impact of the Taliban on the Afghan Economy / Peter Marsden

Chapter 35. The Culture of Music in the Afghan Transnational Community / John Baily

Chapter 36. Afghanistan's War Economy and Global Reach / Ahmed Rashid

Chapter 37. Farewell to the Buddhas of Bamiyan / Pierre Centlivres

Part 4. After the Taliban

Chapter 38. Afghanistan After the Taliban / Olivier Roy

Chapter 39. Ethnicity and Politics in Afghanistan: the Role Played by Setam-e Melli / Antonio Giustozzi

Chapter 40. Ahmad Shah Massoud: the Man Behind the Legend / Christophe de Ponfilly

Chapter 41. Reconstituting State Power in Afghanistan / William Maley

Chapter 42. A Bad Start to Reconstruction / Gilbert Étienne

Chapter 43. Letter to a Father: Bashfulness and Emotion in the Midst of Migration / Alessandro Monsutti

Chapter 44. Agriculture in Afghanistan: a Contribution to a Better Understanding / Raphy Favre

Chapter 45. Afghanistan and Pakistan / Ahmed Rashid

Chapter 46. The New Afghan Constitution / Micheline Centlivres-Demont

Chapter 47. What Went Wrong? Humanitarianism in Crisis in Afghanistan / Antonio Donini

Chapter 48. Five Theses on the Structural Instability of Afghanistan / Conrad Schetter

Chapter 49. Founding a New Islamic State in Afghanistan / J.P. Singh Uberoi

Chapter 50. Making a Presidential System Work / William Maley

Chapter 51. The Uzbeks of Afghanistan Since the End of Taliban Rule / Ingeborg Baldauf

Chapter 52. How Many Nomads are there in Afghanistan? / Bernt Glatzer

Chapter 53. Campaign Harvests: Media Coverage of the Presidential Elections of October 2004 / Hamida Aman

Chapter 54. Buzkashi then and Now / G. Whitney Azoy

Chapter 55. Processes of Political Ethnicization in Today's Afghanistan / Antonio Giustozzi

Chapter 56. Order and Justice in Afghanistan: Some Reflections on the Problem of Amnesty / William Maley

Part 5. An Evolving Future

Chapter 57. The Afghan Roots of the Neo-Taliban Movement / Antonio Giustozzi

Chapter 58. Soviets and Westerners in Afghanistan: What Elements of Continuity? / Gilles Dorronsoro

Chapter 59. Ngos and Afghanistan: New Challenges, Old Dilemmas / Jonathan Goodhand

Chapter 60. State Administration and Local Power Brokers in Afghanistan's Provinces / Antonio Giustozzi

Chapter 61. Afghanistan and the Global Failure of Counter-Narcotics / Pierre-Arnaud Chouvy

Chapter 62. President Obama and the Future of Us Policy in Afghanistan / M. Nazif Shahrani

Chapter 63. A Muted Voice? Religious Actors and Civil Society in Post-2001 Afghanistan / Kristian Berg Harpviken and Kaja Borchgrevink

Chapter 64. Defending Urban Heritage / Jolyon Leslie

Chapter 65. The Hazaras in Afghanistan: Origins and Linguistic Evidence / Abdul Ghafur and Rawan Farhadi

Chapter 66. The Future of the Afghan National Army: Problems and Reforms / Antonio Giustozzi

Chapter 67. Afghan Cultural Heritage as Seen By the Afghans / Nancy Hatch Dupree

Chapter 68. Will the us Achieve a Permanent Military Presence in Afghanistan? / Peter Marsden

Chapter 69. Afghanistan 2011: an Archipelago of Sovereignties / Alessandro Monsutti

Chapter 70. Negotiating with the Taliban / William Maley

Chapter 71. Towards A New Civil War? Western Withdrawal and the Dynamics of Regionalization / Gilles Dorronsoro

Chapter 72. Young Afghanistani Refugees in Iran: Professional Training, Work and Perspectives / Khadija Abbasi

Chapter 73. China and Afghanistan: A New Phase? / William Maley

Chapter 74. Afghanistan 2014: Another Excuse for Yet More Disaster? / Edward Girardet

Main Afghan Mujahedeen Parties

Chronology

Acronyms

Contributors

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780755607433

0755607430

9781786739445

1786739445

9780857735812

0857735810

OCLC:

1029055164