TY - JOUR
T1 - State formation as it happens
T2 - insights from a repeated cross-sectional study in Afghanistan, 2007–2015
AU - Boehnke, Jan
AU - Koehler, Jan
AU - Zurcher, Christoph
N1 - This work was supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft and the Collaborative Research Center (SFB) 700. The underlying research materials for this article can be accessed at <http://www.sfb-governance.de/en/publikationen/daten/index.html>. Contact [email protected] for details.
PY - 2017/3/21
Y1 - 2017/3/21
N2 - This paper contributes to an empirical understanding of state formation. Based on an original household-level data set, we provide a detailed picture of the process of state formation in Afghanistan over the last decade. State formation happens when state and society engage in reciprocal relations. Central to this relationship is an exchange of services for the acceptance of authority and increased legitimacy. Our data allows us to assess state-society relations across different dimensions. We focus on the provision of services, on the responsiveness of the state, on conflict regulation and on taxation. As a result we find more evidence of state formation than expected, but also see this as a contested process that unfolds unevenly and with different speed across different sectors.
AB - This paper contributes to an empirical understanding of state formation. Based on an original household-level data set, we provide a detailed picture of the process of state formation in Afghanistan over the last decade. State formation happens when state and society engage in reciprocal relations. Central to this relationship is an exchange of services for the acceptance of authority and increased legitimacy. Our data allows us to assess state-society relations across different dimensions. We focus on the provision of services, on the responsiveness of the state, on conflict regulation and on taxation. As a result we find more evidence of state formation than expected, but also see this as a contested process that unfolds unevenly and with different speed across different sectors.
KW - State formation
KW - state-building
KW - international development
KW - Afghanistan
U2 - 10.1080/14678802.2017.1292681
DO - 10.1080/14678802.2017.1292681
M3 - Article
SN - 1467-8802
VL - 17
SP - 91
EP - 116
JO - Conflict, Security and Development
JF - Conflict, Security and Development
IS - 2
ER -