Inside Afghanistan : political networks, informal order, and state disruption /
Timor Sharan.
- xix, 332 pages : illustrations (black and white)
- Routledge contemporary South Asia series .
- Routledge contemporary South Asia series. .
Introduction -- Political network and the state : an analytical framework -- The origins and evolution of political network : factionalism, violence, and political settlements -- The Bonn experiment and a flawed foundation : re-assembling and re-constituting the Afghan state (2001-2004) -- Consolidating a political "Empire of mud" (2004-2014) -- The National Unity Government : political order disruption and strains -- Elections for sale : manipulating identities and bargains -- Parliament as a grand marketplace : alliance-building, auctions, and access -- International money as a "weapons system," rent, and corruption -- The U.S.A. military exit and a spectacular collapse.