Social Networks and Migration in Wartime Afghanistan /

Drawing on fieldwork in the Herat area, Afghanistan, this book addresses migration patterns throughout three decades of war. It launches a framework for understanding the role of social networks for people's responses to war and disaster as well as mobilizing or maintaining material resources f...

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Main Author: Harpviken, Kristian Berg (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
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Summary:Drawing on fieldwork in the Herat area, Afghanistan, this book addresses migration patterns throughout three decades of war. It launches a framework for understanding the role of social networks for people's responses to war and disaster as well as mobilizing or maintaining material resources for security and gathering information.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (XVI, 226 pages)
ISBN:9780230234208
DOI:10.1057/9780230234208