Land, the State, and War

Property Institutions and Political Order in Afghanistan

Inbunden, Engelska, 2021

AvJennifer Brick Murtazashvili,Ilia Murtazashvili,Jennifer Brick (University of Pittsburgh) Murtazashvili,Ilia (University of Pittsburgh) Murtazashvili

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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.

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Utgivningsdatum2021-09-09
Mått160 x 235 x 20 mm
Vikt500 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieCambridge Studies in Economics, Choice, and Society
Antal sidor230
FörlagCambridge University Press
ISBN9781108493413

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Jennifer Brick Murtazashvili is Associate Professor in the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh. She is the author of Informal Order and the State in Afghanistan (2016). Ilia Murtazashvili is Associate Professor in the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh. He is the author of The Political Economy of the American Frontier (2013) and co-author of The Origins and Consequences of Property Rights (2020).

'Land, the State, and War makes a pioneering contribution to one of the most enduring questions in the social sciences – what are the causes of the wealth of nations? Weaving together an original theory of property rights with surveys, fieldwork, and historical analysis from Afghanistan, the Murtazashvilis shed light on why repeated efforts to establish formal property rights have failed. This book is required reading for anyone committed to the dictum, 'first, do no harm.'' Christopher Coyne, Professor of Economics, George Mason University