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Land, the State, and War: Property Institutions and Political Order in Afghanistan (Cambridge Studies in Economics, Choice, and Society)
Jennifer Brick Murtazashvili; Ilia Murtazashvili (Author)
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Cambridge University Press
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Land, the State, and War: Property Institutions and Political Order in Afghanistan (Cambridge Studies in Economics, Choice, and Society) - Jennifer Brick Murtazashvili; Ilia Murtazashvili
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Synopsis "Land, the State, and War: Property Institutions and Political Order in Afghanistan (Cambridge Studies in Economics, Choice, and Society)"
Although today's richest countries tend to have long histories of secure private property rights, legal-titling projects do little to improve the economic and political well-being of those in the developing world. This book employs a historical narrative based on secondary literature, fieldwork across thirty villages, and a nationally representative survey to explore how private property institutions develop, how they are maintained, and their relationship to the state and state-building within the context of Afghanistan. In this predominantly rural society, citizens cannot rely on the state to enforce their claims to ownership. Instead, they rely on community-based land registration, which has a long and stable history and is often more effective at protecting private property rights than state registration. In addition to contributing significantly to the literature on Afghanistan, this book makes a valuable contribution to the literature on property rights and state governance from the new institutional economics perspective.
