TY - BOOK AU - Sharan,Timor TI - Inside Afghanistan: political networks, informal order, and state disruption T2 - Routledge contemporary South Asia series SN - 9781032334943 U1 - 320.9581 PY - 2023/// CY - Abingdon PB - Routledge KW - Afghanistan KW - Politics and government KW - 2001-2021 N1 - 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 ER -