{"product_id":"modern-afghanistan-the-impact-of-40-years-of-war-paperback-softback-9780253030054","title":"Modern Afghanistan; The Impact of 40 Years of War (Paperback \/ softback) 9780253030054","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eModern Afghanistan\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Impact of 40 Years of War\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eM. Nazif Shahrani (Edited by), Sonia Ahsan (Contributions by), Parul Bakhshi (Contributions by), Bashir Ahmed Ansari (Contributions by), Just Boedeker (Contributions by), Noah Coburn (Contributions by), Andrea Chiovenda (Contributions by), Melissa Kerr Chiovenda (Contributions by), Amin Saikal (Contributions by), Fahim Masoud (Contributions by), Robert L. Canfield (Contributions by), M. Farshid Alemi Hakimyar (Contributions by), Khalid Homayun Nadiri (Contributions by), Anna Larson (Contributions by), Kylea Liese (Contributions by), Mohammad Omar Shariki (Contributions by), Wazhmah Osman (Contributions by), Ahmad Shayeq Qassem (Contributions by), Timor Sharan (Contributions by), Trani Jean-Francois (Contributions by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780253030054\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 10 February 2018\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e456 pages, 16 b\u0026amp;w illus. - 16 Illustrations, black and white\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.1 cm, 0.531 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs a broad yet detailed introduction to modern Afghanistan, this interdisciplinary collection of essays on social and political life in Afghanistan over the past 40 years is arguably one of the best available.\u003c\/p\u003e (American Ethnologist)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat impact does 40 years of war, violence, and military intervention have on a country and its people? As the \"global war on terror\" now stretches into the 21st century with no clear end in sight, \u003ci\u003eIdentity and Politics in Modern Afghanistan\u003c\/i\u003e collects the work of interdisciplinary scholars, aid workers, and citizens to assess the impact of this prolonged conflict on Afghanistan. Nearly all of the people in Afghan society have been affected by persistent violent conflict. \u003ci\u003eIdentity and Politics in Modern Afghanistan\u003c\/i\u003e focuses on social and political dynamics, issues of gender, and the shifting relationships between tribal, sectarian, and regional communities. Contributors consider topics ranging from masculinity among the Afghan Pashtun to services offered for the disabled, and from Taliban extremism to the role of TV in the Afghan culture wars. Prioritizing the perspective and experiences of the people of Afghanistan, new insights are shared into the lives of those who are hoping to build a secure future on the rubble of a violent past.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: Impact of Four Decades of War and Violence on Afghan Society and Political Culture \/ M. Nazif Shahrani \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart I: Technologies of Power—Competing Discourses on National Identity, Statehood and State Stability \u003cbr\u003e1. Afghanistan: A Turbulent State in Transition \/ Amin Saikal \u003cbr\u003e2. Afghanistan's \"Traditional\" Islam in Transition: Deep Roots of the Taliban Extremism \/ Bashir Ahmad Ansari \u003cbr\u003e3. Language, Poetry and Identity in Afghanistan: Poetic Texts, Changing Contexts \/ Mohammad Omar Sharifi \u003cbr\u003e4. Lineages of the Urban State: Locating Continuity and Change in Post-2001 Kabul \/ Khalid Homayun Nadiri and M. Farshid Alemi Hakimyar \u003cbr\u003e5. Webs and Spiders: Four Decades of Violence, Intervention and Statehood in Afghanistan (1978-2016) \/ Timor Sharan \u003cbr\u003e6. Merchant-Warlords: Changing Forms of Leadership in Afghanistan's Unstable Political Economy \/ Noah Coburn \u003cbr\u003e7. Borders, Access to Strategic Resources, and Challenges to State Stability \/ Ahmad Shayeq Qassem \u003cbr\u003e8. Brought to you by Foreigners, Warlords, and Local Activists: TV and the Afghan Culture Wars \/ Wazhmah Osman \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart II: Personal and Collective Identities, Gender Relations, and Trust Deficit \u003cbr\u003e9. \"The War Destroyed Our Society\": Masculinity, Violence and Shifting Cultural Idioms among Afghan Pashtun \/ Andrea Chiovenda \u003cbr\u003e10. Engendering the Taliban \/ Sonia Ahsan \u003cbr\u003e11. Anticipating Discontinuous Change: Afghanistan in Retrospect and Prospect \/ Robert L. Canfield and Fahim Masoud \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart III: Adapting to New Political Ecology of Uncertainties at the Margins \u003cbr\u003e12. Badakhshanis since the Saur Revolution: Struggle, Triumph, Hope, and Uncertainty \/ M. Nazif Shahrani \u003cbr\u003e13. Hazara Civil Society Activists and Local, National, and International Political Institutions \/ Melissa Kerr Chiovenda \u003cbr\u003e14. Adapting to Three Decades of Uncertainty: The Flexibility of Social Institutions among Baloch groups in Afghanistan \/ Just Boedeker \u003cbr\u003e15. Party Institutionalization Meets Women's Empowerment? Acquiring Power and Influence in Afghanistan \/ Ann Larson \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart IV: Violence, Social Services Delivery, and Rising Trust Deficit\u003cbr\u003e16. Childbirth and Social Change in Afghanistan \/ Kylea Laina Liese \u003cbr\u003e17. Signatures of Distrust in Contemporary Afghanistan: More than a Decade of Development Effort for Vulnerable Groups; the Case of Disability \/ Parul Bakhshi and Jean-Francois Trani \u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52525073760536,"sku":"9780253030054","price":34.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/modern-afghanistan-the-impact-of-40-years-of-war-paperback-softback-9780253030054","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}