Description
Book SynopsisProvides an in-depth study of parts of Central Asia and Afghanistan that remain marginalized from the larger region. Suzanne Levi-Sanchez provides nine case studies, each an independent look at an informal organisation, but also part of a larger picture that helps the reader understand the key role that informal organisations play.
Trade ReviewThis is a unique study, based on both scholarship and participant observation, of social and political organization and events in a part of the world that feels remote but is very important ... a major contribution to the literature on state strength, organization of civil society, state-society relations, and pluralism." - Don Van Atta, Fellow, Center for Slavic, Eurasian and East European Studies, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
"A treasure trove of rich information and insight into borderland informal organization in Central Asia of interest to regional specialists as well as those studying transnational informal and trafficking networks more broadly. It is rare to see this amount of detail and information drawn from such volatile areas." - Chris Jasparro, Ph.D, and author of
Wildlife Trafficking and Poaching: Contemporary Context and Dynamics for Security Cooperation and Military AssistanceTable of Contents
- Tables and Maps
- List of Abbreviations
- List of Local Terms
- Introduction: Why Study Informal Organizations?
- Chapter Two: Studying Informal Organizations
- Chapter Three: What Are Informal Organizations?
- Chapter Four: The Formation of Informal Organizations in Badakhshan
- Chapter Six: May 21, 2014
- Chapter Seven: Mahallas as Informal Organizations
- Chapter Eight: The Silencing Of the Khorog English Preparatory Program (KEPP)
- Chapter Nine: The Shahs in Afghan Badakhshan
- Chapter Ten: Female Governance in Badakhshan
- Chapter Eleven: Trafficking In Tajikistan And Afghanistan - The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly
- Chapter Twelve: Organized (In)Formalization
- Chapter Thirteen: Getting Played in the Great Game
- Conclusion
- Appendices
- Bibliography
