Trials of the Past: A Theoretical Approach to State Centralisation in Afghanistan
@article{Parkes2018TrialsOT, title={Trials of the Past: A Theoretical Approach to State Centralisation in Afghanistan}, author={A. Parkes}, journal={History and Sociology of South Asia}, year={2018}, volume={12}, pages={149 - 159} }
Abstract German sociologist Max Weber observes that the centralisation of administrative function is imperative to a stable nation state. Yet, despite this sovereign necessity, attempts at incorporating heterogeneous sociopolitical entities into a cohesive society eluded nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Afghanistan. Ahmad Shah Durrani is known as the father of Afghanistan. He bears this title because he unified a collection of tribes and established a pseudo-confederation of territories… CONTINUE READING
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