{"product_id":"afghanistan-17","title":"Afghanistan","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book offers an overview of the formation of the Afghan state and of the politics, economic challenges and international relations of contemporary Afghanistan. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 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. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54247516143960,"sku":"9781138320918","price":50.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781138320918.jpg?v=1768583731","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/afghanistan-17","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}