All Outputs (16)

The Power of Bargaining: Elites, Rents and War-to-Peace Transitions: Evidence from Afghanistan’s Presidential Elections, 2004-19 (2024)
Thesis
Kerami, K. (2024). The Power of Bargaining: Elites, Rents and War-to-Peace Transitions: Evidence from Afghanistan’s Presidential Elections, 2004-19 [PhD thesis, SOAS University of London]. https://doi.org/10.25501/SOAS.00043036

In an era of rising conflicts and democratic backsliding, understanding the limitations of externally driven democratisation in fragile states is imperative. This dissertation examines Afghanistan's post-intervention political order (2001–2021), high... Read More about The Power of Bargaining: Elites, Rents and War-to-Peace Transitions: Evidence from Afghanistan’s Presidential Elections, 2004-19.

Negotiating Political Space: State restructuring in Post-War Nepal: A Political Economy Analysis of the Federal System (2024)
Thesis
Rai, J. (2024). Negotiating Political Space: State restructuring in Post-War Nepal: A Political Economy Analysis of the Federal System [PhD thesis, SOAS University of London]. https://doi.org/10.25501/SOAS.00042348

This thesis explores the effects of post-war state restructuring in Nepal on the dynamics of political voice and resource distribution. Drawing on a political economy analysis and adopting a political settlements framework, the research assesses why... Read More about Negotiating Political Space: State restructuring in Post-War Nepal: A Political Economy Analysis of the Federal System.

Taxation and State-Building in Afghanistan: A Political Economy Perspective (2001-2021) (2023)
Thesis
Isar, S. (2023). Taxation and State-Building in Afghanistan: A Political Economy Perspective (2001-2021) [PhD thesis, SOAS University of London]. https://doi.org/10.25501/SOAS.00038627

This research focuses on the fiscal dimension of state-building in Afghanistan. It examines the relationship between state-building and taxation with a particular focus on the Karzai (2001–2014) and Ghani (2014–2019) administrations, whilst also plac... Read More about Taxation and State-Building in Afghanistan: A Political Economy Perspective (2001-2021).

The Constructions of the State, Violence and Political Settlement in South Sudan (2022)
Thesis
Bimeny, P. (2022). The Constructions of the State, Violence and Political Settlement in South Sudan [PhD thesis, SOAS University of London]. https://doi.org/10.25501/soas.00038360

In December 2013, only two years into independence, South Sudan degenerated into civil war following disagreements within the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army (SPLM/A) leadership. A subsequent Agreement on the Resolution of Conflict in South S... Read More about The Constructions of the State, Violence and Political Settlement in South Sudan.

Brokering an Urban Frontier: Milícias, Violence, and Rio de Janeiro’s West Zone (2020)
Thesis
Pope, N. (2020). Brokering an Urban Frontier: Milícias, Violence, and Rio de Janeiro’s West Zone [PhD thesis, SOAS, University of London]. https://doi.org/10.25501/SOAS.00034168

This thesis examines the emergence and sustainment of milícias (militias) in the 1990s in the West Zone ‘margins’ of the city of Rio de Janeiro. It considers the rise of milícias as they coincide with urbanisation, economic liberalisation, democratis... Read More about Brokering an Urban Frontier: Milícias, Violence, and Rio de Janeiro’s West Zone.

The Political Economy of Conflict and DDR in Meta, Colombia, and the Employment Life Cycle of Ex-Combatants (2018)
Thesis
Petrini, B. (2018). The Political Economy of Conflict and DDR in Meta, Colombia, and the Employment Life Cycle of Ex-Combatants [PhD thesis, SOAS University of London]. https://doi.org/10.25501/SOAS.00030264

The political economy of the opium/heroin trade in Shan state, Myanmar, 1988-2012 (2016)
Thesis
Meehan, P. (2016). The political economy of the opium/heroin trade in Shan state, Myanmar, 1988-2012 [PhD thesis, SOAS University of London]. https://doi.org/10.25501/SOAS.00022807

The Afghan Conundrum: Intervention, Statebuilding and Resistance (2015)
Book
J. Goodhand, & M. Sedra. (Eds.). (2015). The Afghan Conundrum: Intervention, Statebuilding and Resistance. Routldege.

Local governance in the age of liberal interventionism : governance relations in the post-2001 Afghanistan / (2015)
Thesis
Nemat, O. A. (2015). Local governance in the age of liberal interventionism : governance relations in the post-2001 Afghanistan / [PhD thesis, SOAS, University of London]. https://doi.org/10.25501/SOAS.00023663

Fighting for patronage : American counterinsurgency and the Afghan local police (2015)
Thesis
Hakimi, A. A. (2015). Fighting for patronage : American counterinsurgency and the Afghan local police [PhD thesis, SOAS University of London]. https://doi.org/10.25501/SOAS.00023136

Foreign aid and peripheral conflict: a case study of thefar south of Thailand (2012)
Thesis
Burke, A. (2012). Foreign aid and peripheral conflict: a case study of thefar south of Thailand [PhD thesis, SOAS, University of London]. https://doi.org/10.25501/SOAS.00015635

The illiberal consequences of liberal peacebuilding (2011)
Book Chapter
Goodhand, J., & Korf, B. (2011). The illiberal consequences of liberal peacebuilding. In J. Goodhand, J. Spencer, & B. Korf (Eds.), Aid, conflict and peacebuilding in Sri Lanka. Caught in the Peace Trap' (pp. 1-15). Routledge.

Conflict and peacebuilding in Sri Lanka: caught in the peace trap? (2011)
Book
J. Goodhand, J. Spencer, & B. Korf. (Eds.). (2011). Conflict and peacebuilding in Sri Lanka: caught in the peace trap?. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203838242

The period between 2001 and 2006 saw the rise and fall of an internationally supported effort to bring a protracted violent conflict in Sri Lanka to a peaceful resolution. A ceasefire agreement, signed in February 2002, was followed by six rounds of... Read More about Conflict and peacebuilding in Sri Lanka: caught in the peace trap?.

In the Balance? Civil society and the peace process 2002-2008 (2010)
Book Chapter
Walton, O., & Saravanamuttu, P. (2010). In the Balance? Civil society and the peace process 2002-2008. In J. Goodhand, B. Korf, & J. Spencer (Eds.), Conflict and peacebuilding in Sri Lanka : caught in the peace trap? (pp. 183-200). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203838242

'Would the Real Dutugemunu Please Stand Up?' The Politics of Sinhala Nationalist Authenticity and Populist Discontent (2010)
Book Chapter
Rampton, D. (2010). 'Would the Real Dutugemunu Please Stand Up?' The Politics of Sinhala Nationalist Authenticity and Populist Discontent. In J. Goodhand, B. Korf, & J. Spencer (Eds.), Conflict and Peacebuilding in Sri Lanka Caught in the Peace Trap?. Routledge. http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415466042/

Afghanistan in Central Asia (2004)
Book Chapter
Goodhand, J. (2004). Afghanistan in Central Asia. In M. Pugh, N. Cooper, & J. Goodhand (Eds.), War Economies in a Regional Context: Challenges for Transformation (pp. 45-91). Lynne Rienner Publishers.