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Format: 1 online resource (305 pages) : , illustrations

ISBN: 9780231535748 (e-book)

Additional Edition: Print version: Coburn, Noah. Derailing democracy in Afghanistan : elections in an unstable political landscape. New York : Columbia University Press, 2014 ISBN 9780231166201

Language: English

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Subjects: Political Science

Keywords: Demokratie ; Wahl

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Author information: Larson, Anna

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Format: 1 online resource(304 p.) : , illustrations.

Edition: Electronic reproduction. New York, NY : Columbia University Press, 2013. Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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Content: 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.

Note: 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 -- , 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. , In English.

Language: English

DOI: 10.7312/cobu16620

URL: https://doi.org/10.7312/cobu16620

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Format: 1 online resource(304 p.) : , illustrations.

Edition: Electronic reproduction. New York, NY : Columbia University Press, 2013. Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Edition: System requirements: Web browser.

Edition: Access may be restricted to users at subscribing institutions.

ISBN: 9780231535748

Content: 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.

Note: 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 -- , 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. , In English.

Language: English

DOI: 10.7312/cobu16620

URL: https://doi.org/10.7312/cobu16620

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Format: 1 online resource (xviii, 284 pages) : , illustrations (black and white), map (black and white)

ISBN: 9780231535748 (ebook) :

Content: This volume is an account of how elections have undermined the hope of democracy in Afghanistan. Combining anthropology and political science, it documents how political leaders, commanders, and a new ruling elite have used elections to further their own interests and deprive local communities of access to political opportunities.

Additional Edition: Print version : ISBN 9780231166201

Language: English

URL: Columbia scholarship online