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Derailing Democracy in Afghanistan : Elections in an Unstable Political Landscape / Noah Coburn, Anna Larson.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2013]Copyright date: ©2013Description: 1 online resource (304 p.) : ‹B›B&W Photos: ‹/B›10Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780231166201
  • 9780231535748
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 324.9581
LOC classification:
  • JQ1769.A5 C63 2014
  • JQ1769.A5 .C63 2014
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- CHRONOLOGY -- DEMOCRACY DERAILED? -- Map of Afghanistan -- 1. UNDERSTANDING ELECTIONS IN AFGHANISTAN -- 2. OF BALLOTS AND BOUNDARIES -- 3. ELECTING THE PEACE? -- 4. A HOUSE OF SAND -- 5. ENGINEERING ELECTIONS LOCALLY -- 6. THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT -- 7. VIOLENCE AND VOTING -- 8. "THEY MAKE THEIR ABLUTIONS WITH BOTTLED WATER" -- 9. INTERNATIONAL INTERVENTION AND ASPIRATIONS OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNANCE -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- INDEX
Summary: Since the invasion of Afghanistan in 2001, researchers, policymakers, and the media have failed to consider the long-term implications of the country's post-conflict elections. Based on fieldwork in provinces across the country and interviews with more than seven hundred candidates, officials, community leaders, and voters, this book builds an in-depth portrait of Afghanistan's recent elections as experienced by individuals and communities, while revealing how the elections have in fact actively contributed to instability, undermining the prospects of democracy in Afghanistan.Merging political science with anthropology, Noah Coburn and Anna Larson document how political leaders, commanders, and the new ruling elite have used elections to further their own interests and deprive local communities of access to political opportunities. They retrace presidential, parliamentary, and provincial council elections over the past decade and expose the role of international actors in promoting the polls as one-off events, detached from the broader political landscape. This approach to elections has allowed existing local powerholders to solidify their grip on resources and opportunities, derailing democratization processes and entrenching a deeper disengagement from central government. Western powers, Coburn and Larson argue, need to reevaluate their most basic assumptions about elections, democracy, and international intervention if they hope to prevent similar outcomes in the future.
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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- CHRONOLOGY -- DEMOCRACY DERAILED? -- Map of Afghanistan -- 1. UNDERSTANDING ELECTIONS IN AFGHANISTAN -- 2. OF BALLOTS AND BOUNDARIES -- 3. ELECTING THE PEACE? -- 4. A HOUSE OF SAND -- 5. ENGINEERING ELECTIONS LOCALLY -- 6. THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT -- 7. VIOLENCE AND VOTING -- 8. "THEY MAKE THEIR ABLUTIONS WITH BOTTLED WATER" -- 9. INTERNATIONAL INTERVENTION AND ASPIRATIONS OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNANCE -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- INDEX

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Since the invasion of Afghanistan in 2001, researchers, policymakers, and the media have failed to consider the long-term implications of the country's post-conflict elections. Based on fieldwork in provinces across the country and interviews with more than seven hundred candidates, officials, community leaders, and voters, this book builds an in-depth portrait of Afghanistan's recent elections as experienced by individuals and communities, while revealing how the elections have in fact actively contributed to instability, undermining the prospects of democracy in Afghanistan.Merging political science with anthropology, Noah Coburn and Anna Larson document how political leaders, commanders, and the new ruling elite have used elections to further their own interests and deprive local communities of access to political opportunities. They retrace presidential, parliamentary, and provincial council elections over the past decade and expose the role of international actors in promoting the polls as one-off events, detached from the broader political landscape. This approach to elections has allowed existing local powerholders to solidify their grip on resources and opportunities, derailing democratization processes and entrenching a deeper disengagement from central government. Western powers, Coburn and Larson argue, need to reevaluate their most basic assumptions about elections, democracy, and international intervention if they hope to prevent similar outcomes in the future.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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