Policing is not a popular topic of serious scholarly research. Although a vast literature on policing exists, it is mostly technical in nature and only rarely analytical. Even the police forces of Western Europe and North America have rarely been investigated in depth as far as their history and functioning goes. In particular, the politics of policing, its political economy, have been largely neglected. This book is a rare in-depth study of a police force in a developing country which is also undergoing a bitter internal conflict, further to the post-2001 external intervention in Afghanistan. Policing Afghanistan discusses the evolution of the country's police through its various stages but focuses in particular on the last decade. The authors review the ongoing debates over the future shape of Afghanistan's police, but seek primarily to analyse the way Afghanistan is policed relative to its existing social, political and international constraints. Giustozzi and Isaqzadeh have observed the development of the police force from its early stages, starting from what was a rudimentary, militia-based, police force prior to 2001. This is a book about how the police really work in such a difficult environment, the nuts and bolts approach, based on first hand research, as opposed to a description of how the Afghan police are institutionally organised and regulated.

Policing Afghanistan: The Politics of the Lame Leviathan

History

Giustozzi, Antonio

Isaqzadeh, Mohammed

Asia

Oxford University Press

Adding rich facets to the technical focus of most policing literature, this volume illuminates the history, nature, and function of Western European and North American police organizations via a rare, in-depth case study of post-2001 Afghanistan. Following the evolution of Afghanistan's police forces over the past decade, while taking stock of the country's bitter internal conflicts, Antonio Giustozzi and Mohammed Isaqzadeh reveal the distinct politics of policing within this developing nation and the role of external actors in shaping its political economy. Giustozzi and Isaqzadeh engage with ongoing debates over the future of the Afghan police force and the strengths and weaknesses of existing social, political, and international factors. They have watched the Afghan police force develop from a rudimentary, militia-based operation into a more sophisticated, technically-adept network. Their observations therefore shed vital light on the strategies international forces should pursue in such a difficult environment to achieve institutional and organizational success.

Policing Afghanistan (Columbia/Hurst)

Columbia University Press

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