CERI OEPPEN completed her doctoral studies at the Sussex Centre for Migration Research, University of Sussex. Her research includes migrant transnationalism and integration, and migrants' involvement in development. ANGELA SCHLENKOFF completed her doctoral research at the University of Kent looking at issues of home and identity among Afghans living in London, where she has worked for various Afghan community and refugee organisations.

Bringing together established analysts and a new generation of researchers, this volume takes us beyond the common and surprisingly durable cliche of the 'wild tribes' on the Afghan frontier. The contributors, coming from different disciplinary backgrounds and experiences, shed light on the complexities and paradoxes of Afghan history, identity and socio-political change. Such scholarship, which eschews easy stereotypes and engages with, and builds upon Afghan perspectives is more needed now than ever.

• Glossary of Afghan terms Abbreviations used List of figures 1. Beyond The Wild TribesA": Working Towards an Understanding of Contemporary Afghanistan Ceri Oeppen and Angela Schlenkhoff 2. Challenges to Research in Afghanistan and Its Diaspora Angela Schlenkhoff Section I: Afghan History, Society and Culture 3. Britain in the First Two Afghan Wars: What Can We Learn? Bijan Omrani and Charles Vyvyan 4. The Situation of Women and Girls in Afghanistan Kathryn Lockett 5. The Political Economy of Normlessness in Afghanistan Armando Geller 6. Keeping the Peace; Gender, Justice and Authority: Mechanisms for Community Based Dispute Resolution in Afghanistan Deborah J. Smith Section II: Security and Governance 7. Dilemmas of Governance in Afghanistan: Between Patrimonialism and Bureaucratisation Antonio Giustozzi 8. What Prevents Afghanistan Becoming a Landbridge? Valey Arya 9. The Return of the Refugee Warrior: Migration and Armed Resistance in Herat Kristian Berg Harpviken Section III: A Transnational Afghan Community? 10. The Afghan Diaspora and Its Involvement in the Reconstruction of Afghanistan Ceri Oeppen 11. The Circulation of Music Between Afghanistan and the Afghan Diaspora John Baily 12. Afghan Migratory Strategies and the Three Solutions to the Refugee Problem Alessandro Monsutti References Index

CERI OEPPEN completed her doctoral studies at the Sussex Centre for Migration Research, University of Sussex. Her research includes migrant transnationalism and integration, and migrants' involvement in development. ANGELA SCHLENKOFF completed her doctoral research at the University of Kent looking at issues of home and identity among Afghans living in London, where she has worked for various Afghan community and refugee organisations.

Bringing together established analysts and a new generation of researchers, this volume takes us beyond the common and surprisingly durable cliche of the 'wild tribes' on the Afghan frontier. The contributors, coming from different disciplinary backgrounds and experiences, shed light on the complexities and paradoxes of Afghan history, identity and socio-political change. Such scholarship, which eschews easy stereotypes and engages with, and builds upon Afghan perspectives is more needed now than ever.

• Glossary of Afghan terms Abbreviations used List of figures 1. Beyond The Wild TribesA": Working Towards an Understanding of Contemporary Afghanistan Ceri Oeppen and Angela Schlenkhoff 2. Challenges to Research in Afghanistan and Its Diaspora Angela Schlenkhoff Section I: Afghan History, Society and Culture 3. Britain in the First Two Afghan Wars: What Can We Learn? Bijan Omrani and Charles Vyvyan 4. The Situation of Women and Girls in Afghanistan Kathryn Lockett 5. The Political Economy of Normlessness in Afghanistan Armando Geller 6. Keeping the Peace; Gender, Justice and Authority: Mechanisms for Community Based Dispute Resolution in Afghanistan Deborah J. Smith Section II: Security and Governance 7. Dilemmas of Governance in Afghanistan: Between Patrimonialism and Bureaucratisation Antonio Giustozzi 8. What Prevents Afghanistan Becoming a Landbridge? Valey Arya 9. The Return of the Refugee Warrior: Migration and Armed Resistance in Herat Kristian Berg Harpviken Section III: A Transnational Afghan Community? 10. The Afghan Diaspora and Its Involvement in the Reconstruction of Afghanistan Ceri Oeppen 11. The Circulation of Music Between Afghanistan and the Afghan Diaspora John Baily 12. Afghan Migratory Strategies and the Three Solutions to the Refugee Problem Alessandro Monsutti References Index

CERI OEPPEN completed her doctoral studies at the Sussex Centre for Migration Research, University of Sussex. Her research includes migrant transnationalism and integration, and migrants' involvement in development. ANGELA SCHLENKOFF completed her doctoral research at the University of Kent looking at issues of home and identity among Afghans living in London, where she has worked for various Afghan community and refugee organisations.

Bringing together established analysts and a new generation of researchers, this volume takes us beyond the common and surprisingly durable cliche of the 'wild tribes' on the Afghan frontier. The contributors, coming from different disciplinary backgrounds and experiences, shed light on the complexities and paradoxes of Afghan history, identity and socio-political change. Such scholarship, which eschews easy stereotypes and engages with, and builds upon Afghan perspectives is more needed now than ever.

• Glossary of Afghan terms Abbreviations used List of figures 1. Beyond The Wild TribesA": Working Towards an Understanding of Contemporary Afghanistan Ceri Oeppen and Angela Schlenkhoff 2. Challenges to Research in Afghanistan and Its Diaspora Angela Schlenkhoff Section I: Afghan History, Society and Culture 3. Britain in the First Two Afghan Wars: What Can We Learn? Bijan Omrani and Charles Vyvyan 4. The Situation of Women and Girls in Afghanistan Kathryn Lockett 5. The Political Economy of Normlessness in Afghanistan Armando Geller 6. Keeping the Peace; Gender, Justice and Authority: Mechanisms for Community Based Dispute Resolution in Afghanistan Deborah J. Smith Section II: Security and Governance 7. Dilemmas of Governance in Afghanistan: Between Patrimonialism and Bureaucratisation Antonio Giustozzi 8. What Prevents Afghanistan Becoming a Landbridge? Valey Arya 9. The Return of the Refugee Warrior: Migration and Armed Resistance in Herat Kristian Berg Harpviken Section III: A Transnational Afghan Community? 10. The Afghan Diaspora and Its Involvement in the Reconstruction of Afghanistan Ceri Oeppen 11. The Circulation of Music Between Afghanistan and the Afghan Diaspora John Baily 12. Afghan Migratory Strategies and the Three Solutions to the Refugee Problem Alessandro Monsutti References Index