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Militia order in Afghanistan : guardians or gangsters ? / Matthew P. Dearing

Type de contenu
  • Texte
Type de médiation
  • sans médiation
Type de support
  • Volume
Titre(s)
  • Militia order in Afghanistan : guardians or gangsters ? / Matthew P. Dearing
Auteur(s)
Publication
  • London New York (N.Y.) : Routledge, 2022
Description matérielle
  • 1 vol. (XII-179 p.) ; 24 cm
Collection
  • Contemporary security studies
ISBN
  • 978-0-367-71045-3
  • 0-367-71045-5
  • 978-0-367-71048-4
EAN
  • 9780367710453 rel.
  • 9780367710484 br.
Appartient à la collection
  • Contemporary security studies 2004 London Routledge F. Cass
Classification décimale Dewey
  • 958.104 7
Note sur les bibliographies et les index
  • Bibliogr. en fin de chapitres. Notes bibliogr. Index
Note sur le contenu
  • Embedded militias in Afghanistan Gangland in northern Afghanistan Vigilante uprisings in Ghazni Guardians of Paktika From guardians to territorial force
Résumé ou extrait
  • La p. de garde indique : "This book offers a new insight into when and why paramilitary groups in Afghanistan engage in protective or predatory behavior against the civilians they purportedly defend. In Afghanistan's counterinsurgency environment, America leaned on militias to provide order and stabilize communities cut off from weak central government institutions. However, the lucrative market of protection challenged militia loyalty, as many engaged in banditry, vendettas, and predation. This book examines the varying militia experiments in Afghanistan from 2001 to 2020 and their outcomes through three sub-national case studies. It argues that successful militia experiments in Afghanistan involved inclusion of local orders, where communities had well established social structures and accountability mechanisms in place, and state patrons relied upon those structures as a restraint against militia behavior. Complementary management ensured patrons leaned on communities for strong accountability systems. But such environments were far from the norm. When patrons ignored community controls, militias preyed on civilians as they monopolized the market of protection. This book adds to the rich literature on the US experience in Afghanistan, but differs by focusing on the interplay between states, communities, and militias."
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