Derailing Democracy in Afghanistan: Elections in an Unstable Political Landscape

This volume shows how Afghani elections since 2004 have threatened to derail the country's fledgling democracy. Examining presidential, parliamentary, and provincial council elections and conducting interviews with more than one hundred candidates, officials, community leaders, and voters, the...

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Beteilige Person: Coburn, Noah (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: New York Columbia University Press 2014
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Zusammenfassung:This volume shows how Afghani elections since 2004 have threatened to derail the country's fledgling democracy. Examining presidential, parliamentary, and provincial council elections and conducting interviews with more than one hundred candidates, officials, community leaders, and voters, the text shows how international approaches to Afghani elections have misunderstood the role of local actors, who have hijacked elections in their favor, alienated communities, undermined representative processes, and fueled insurgency, fostering a dangerous disillusionment among Afghan voters
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Umfang:1 online resource (233 pages)
ISBN:9780231535748
9780231166201