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Afghanistan's Legal System
Afghanistan’s Legal System
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Author_Conor Keane
bureaucracy
bureaucratic politics
Bureaucratic Politics Approach
Bureaucratic Politics Model
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CIA Information
CIA Operative
CIA Team
CIA's Role
Combined Action Program
Common Language
Cord
Counter-narcotics Strategy
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foreign policy analysis
Foreign Policy Bureaucracy
institutional conflict
internal US policy divisions in Afghanistan
Justice Sector Reform
Marshal Plan
Material Considerations
Model III
policy
post-2001 intervention
Quick Impact Projects
Rational Actor Model
security sector reform
Senior Defence Department Official
Senior State Department Official
state-building challenges
Tarin Kowt
United States Central Command
USAID Contractor
USAID Official
Product details
- ISBN 9780815396260
- Weight: 470g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 08 Dec 2017
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Why has the US so dramatically failed in Afghanistan since 2001? Dominant explanations have ignored the bureaucratic divisions and personality conflicts inside the US state. This book rectifies this weakness in commentary on Afghanistan by exploring the significant role of these divisions in the US’s difficulties in the country that meant the battle was virtually lost before it even began. The main objective of the book is to deepen readers understanding of the impact of bureaucratic politics on nation-building in Afghanistan, focusing primarily on the Bush Administration. It rejects the ’rational actor’ model, according to which the US functions as a coherent, monolithic agent. Instead, internal divisions within the foreign policy bureaucracy are explored, to build up a picture of the internal tensions and contradictions that bedevilled US nation-building efforts. The book also contributes to the vexed issue of whether or not the US should engage in nation-building at all, and if so under what conditions.
Dr Conor Keane has degrees in law and politics, and a doctorate on nation-building in Afghanistan from Macquarie University. His research interests include counter terrorism, state building, bureaucratic politics and US foreign policy. He has published several articles on these topics in journals such as Armed Forces & Society and International Peacekeeping.
