The Taliban's Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (1996-2001)
War-Making and State-Making' as an Insurgency Strategy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5723988 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Yaqub Ibrahimi (0000-0002-1336-2778, Carleton University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 947-972 |
| Publication date | 2017-11-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Small Wars and Insurgencies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0959-2318 • E-ISSN: 1743-9558 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09592318.2017.1374598 |
| OpenAlex | W2766013899 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 19 |
This paper examines the institutional and functional aspects of the Taliban’s Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA). The Taliban’s coercive approach and its entire reliance on “war-making” to “state-making” shows the difficulty of the transformation of an insurgent group into a state structure. The Taliban was primarily capable of establishing a two-track system of governance. However, the assessment of the IEA’s institutional and functional capabilities shows that the military–political organization formed by the Taliban lacked statehood in all three areas of legitimacy, authority and capacity
Corporate governance · Economics · Geography · Insurgency · Islam · Legitimacy · Management · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · State-building · Computer Science · Law · Peacebuilding and International Security · Political Conflict and Governance · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East
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| Unique citing works | 5 |
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| Citations per year | 0,83 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2025 (6) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |