Village Context and the National Solidarity Program in Afghanistan

Abstract

This paper explores the relation between the design of Afghanistan's National Solidarity Program and implementation outcomes. It draws on a study of village contexts to understand the variability in the relations of responsibility and accountability that exist between customary village leadership, village elites, and village households. Findings on diverse processes of "bricolage" between the NSP intervention and customary practices highlight the politics of village life, which the technical assumptions of the NSP do not address.

Keywords

community-driven development; customary authority; village variability; institutional bricolage

Published in

Asian Survey
2018, Volume: 58, number: 6, pages: 1066-1089
Publisher: UNIV CALIFORNIA PRESS

SLU Authors

• Pain, Adam

  • Department of Urban and Rural Development, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

Sustainable Development Goals

SDG11 Sustainable cities and communities
SDG16 Peace, justice and strong institutions


UKÄ Subject classification

Sociology (excluding Social work, Social Psychology and Social Anthropology)


Publication identifier

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1525/AS.2018.58.6.1066

Permanent link to this page (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/98374