Beyond the “Wild Tribes”

We have come to expect nothing but bad news about Afghanistan, nothing but negative prognoses of that troubled state from policymakers, pundits, and journalists. Only rarely do we hear what scholars of Afghan studies have to say. In Beyond the “Wild Tribes”: Understanding Modern Afghanistan and Its...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:038ed363e4434f1997af96e802411d572021-12-02T19:23:13ZBeyond the “Wild Tribes”10.35632/ajis.v30i2.11312690-37332690-3741https://doaj.org/article/038ed363e4434f1997af96e802411d572013-04-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ajis.org/index.php/ajiss/article/view/1131https://doaj.org/toc/2690-3733https://doaj.org/toc/2690-3741 We have come to expect nothing but bad news about Afghanistan, nothing but negative prognoses of that troubled state from policymakers, pundits, and journalists. Only rarely do we hear what scholars of Afghan studies have to say. In Beyond the “Wild Tribes”: Understanding Modern Afghanistan and Its Diaspora, the country and its people are presented in a far more complicated fashion than the usual this-place-is-doomed mantra. Contributions include a review and critique of research methodologies in Afghanistan and the diaspora, the role of gender in community-based justice, models of national and local governance, the refugee warrior, and migration. There is much to like about this book, and even those knowledgeable about the complex problems plaguing the fledgling state will learn something ... Sophia Rose ShafiInternational Institute of Islamic ThoughtarticleIslamBP1-253ENAmerican Journal of Islam and Society, Vol 30, Iss 2 (2013)
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Beyond the “Wild Tribes”
description We have come to expect nothing but bad news about Afghanistan, nothing but negative prognoses of that troubled state from policymakers, pundits, and journalists. Only rarely do we hear what scholars of Afghan studies have to say. In Beyond the “Wild Tribes”: Understanding Modern Afghanistan and Its Diaspora, the country and its people are presented in a far more complicated fashion than the usual this-place-is-doomed mantra. Contributions include a review and critique of research methodologies in Afghanistan and the diaspora, the role of gender in community-based justice, models of national and local governance, the refugee warrior, and migration. There is much to like about this book, and even those knowledgeable about the complex problems plaguing the fledgling state will learn something ...
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