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Revolution Unending Revolution Unending : Afghanistan 1979 to the Presen Gilles Dorronsoro

By: Language: English Publication details: PARIS C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd 2005Description: 370 pISBN:
  • 9781850657033
DDC classification:
  • 303.64 DOR
Item type: English Books
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Anna Centenary Library 3RD FLOOR, B WING 303.64 DOR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 98874

While not underestimating the oft-cited ethnic factor in afghan politics, especially pashtun dominance, dorronsoro argues that class and the competition for employment and education are key factors in explaining the countrys recent past the 1990s saw the triumph of religious authorities (the ulema) and the marginalization of the traditional elites with coalition intervention in 2001 and the subsequent deposition of the ulema-dominated taliban, the educated elites are back in power however, as dorronsoro argues, patching up the country by means of short-term ethnic alliances and a new division of the spoils will only perpetuate the schisms in society the afghan civil war, dorronsoro suggests, is set to continue and perhaps worsen over time

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