Afghanistan

Politics and Economics in a Globalising State

Niamatullah Ibrahimi, William Maley (The Australian National University)

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English

Routledge
13 December 2019

Regional studies; Middle Eastern history; Society & culture: general; Politics & government; Economics

Series: The Contemporary Middle East

This book offers an overview of the formation of the Afghan state and of the politics, economic challenges and international relations of contemporary Afghanistan.

It 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.

This 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.

By: Niamatullah Ibrahimi, William Maley (The Australian National University)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 299g
ISBN: 9781138320918
ISBN 10: 1138320919
Series: The Contemporary Middle East
Pages: 176
Publication Date: 13 December 2019
Audience: College/higher education , Primary , A / AS level
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Niamatullah Ibrahimi is Associate Research Fellow at the Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation at Deakin University, Australia. William Maley is Professor of Diplomacy at the Asia-Pacific College of Diplomacy at The Australian National University, Australia.