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--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