Download or read book Social Networks and Migration in Wartime Afghanistan written by K. Harpviken and published by Springer. This book was released on 2009-05-14 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.