Beyond the ‘wild tribes’ : understanding modern Afghanistan and its Diaspora / Ceri Oeppen and Angela Schlenkhoff (EDS).

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents: Acknowledgements—About the contributors—Glossay—Abbreviations—1. Beyond "The wild tribes" : working towards an understanding of contemporary Afghanistan / Ceri Oeppen and Angela Schlenkhoff )p. 1)—2. Challenges to research in Afghanistan and its diaspora / Angela Schlenkhoff (p. 9)—3. Britain in the first two Afghan wars : what can we learn? / Bijan Omrani and Charles Vyvyan (p. 29)—4. The situation of women and girls in Afghanistan / Kathryn Lockett (p. 45)—5. The political economy of normlessness in Afghanistan / Armando Geller (p. 57)—6. Keeping the peace; gender, justice and authority : mechanisms for community based dispute resolution in Afghanistan / Deborah J. Smith (p. 71)—7. Dilemmas of governance in Afghanistan : between patrimonialism and bureaucratisation / Antonio Giustozzi (p. 89)—8. What prevents Afghanistan becoming a landbridge? / Valey Arya (p. 103)—9. The return of the refugee warrior : migration and armed resistance in Herat / Kristian Berg Harpviken (p. 121)—10. The Afghan diaspora and its involvement in the reconstruction of Afghanistan / Ceri Oeppen (p. 141)—11. The circulation of music between Afghanistan and the Afghan Diaspora / John Baily (p. 157)—12. Afghan migratory strategies and the three solutions to the refugee problem / Alessandro Monsutti (p. 173)—Notes—References—Index.