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Derailing Democracy in Afghanistan - Elections in an Unstable Political Landscape (Hardcover)
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Derailing Democracy in Afghanistan - Elections in an Unstable Political Landscape (Hardcover)
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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.
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