{"product_id":"9781108493413","title":"Land, the State, and War : Property Institutions and Political Order in Afghanistan (Cambridge Studies in Economics, Choice, and Society)","description":"\u003cp\u003eAlthough 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52304290906423,"sku":"00000_00000_00000_00000","price":720.59,"currency_code":"MYR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0962\/3548\/7543\/files\/9781108493413-1.jpg?v=1783151904","url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.com.my\/products\/9781108493413","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Malaysia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}