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082			_aPamphlet DS 371.4 .G587 2009
100			_aGiustozzi, Antonio.
245			_aCentre-periphery relations in Afghanistan : Badakhshan between patrimonialism and institution-building / Antonio Giustozzi and Dominique Orsini.
260			_a2009
300			_ap. 1-16 : maps ; 30 cm.
500			_aPublished in “Central Asian survey” v. 28 (no.1) March 2009, p. 1-16.
500			_aSummary: The article offers a review of centre–periphery relations and local politics in the Afghan province of Badakhshan from the 1980s to the post-2001 era. It maps the local powerbrokers and charts the transformations that occurred during this period, with particular reference to the impact of the central government’s policies on local political alignments and relations of power. The key argument is that President Karzai’s and the cabinet’s behaviour towards Badakhshani politics was aimed at re-establishing a patrimonial system, rather than at institution-building as claimed. Unable or unwilling to successfully deal with established local players, Kabul resorted to sponsoring new players in local politics and facilitating their rise in order to weaken more independent powerbrokers. However, a local perception of weakness in Kabul, not least due to uncertainty over the durability of the Karzai administration, led local players, old and new, to behave with very short-term horizons, as ‘roving bandits’ rather than as ‘stationary’ ones.
546			_aEnglish
650			_aAfghanistan – Badakhshan – Politics and government.
650			_aAfghanistan – Badakhshan – Finance.
650			_aAfghanistan – Politics and government – 2001- .
700			_aOrsini , Dominique.
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