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The Carpetbaggers of Kabul and Other American-Afghan Entanglements. Intimate Development, Geopolitics, and the Currency of Gender and Grief.
Lehr, Rachel; Fluri, Jennifer L.
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Hardback. The 2001 invasion of Afghanistan by the United States and coalition forces was followed by a flood of aid representing well over two thousand organizations each with separate policy initiatives, geopolitical agendas, and socioeconomic interests. This book examines the everyday actions of people associated with this international effort." Series: Geographies of Justice and Social Transformation. Num Pages: 176 pages, 5 black & white photographs. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 1KBB; HBJF; HBJK; JPS; RGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 449.
The 2001 invasion of Afghanistan by United States and coalition forces was followed by a flood of aid and development dollars and “experts” representing well over two thousand organisations—each with separate policy initiatives, geopolitical agendas, and socioeconomic interests. This book examines the everyday actions of people associated with this international effort, with a special emphasis on small players: individuals and groups who charted alternative paths outside the existing networks of aid and development. This focus highlights the complexities, complications, and contradictions at the intersection of the everyday and the geopolitical, showing how dominant geopolitical narratives influence daily life in places ... Read more
The 2001 invasion of Afghanistan by United States and coalition forces was followed by a flood of aid and development dollars and “experts” representing well over two thousand organisations—each with separate policy initiatives, geopolitical agendas, and socioeconomic interests. This book examines the everyday actions of people associated with this international effort, with a special emphasis on small players: individuals and groups who charted alternative paths outside the existing networks of aid and development. This focus highlights the complexities, complications, and contradictions at the intersection of the everyday and the geopolitical, showing how dominant geopolitical narratives influence daily life in places ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Georgia Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
Series
Geographies of Justice and Social Transformation
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
Georgia, United States
ISBN
9780820350349
SKU
V9780820350349
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About Lehr, Rachel; Fluri, Jennifer L.
Jennifer L. Fluri is associate professor of geography at the University of Colorado-Boulder, USA. Rachel Lehr is a post-doctoral fellow in the department of geography at the University of Colorado-Boulder, USA.
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