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Derailing democracy in Afghanistan : elections in an unstable political landscape / Noah Coburn and Anna Larson.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: New York : Columbia University Press, ©2014.Description: xviii, 284 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780231166201 (cloth : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 324.9581 23
LOC classification:
  • JQ1769. A5.
Contents:
Contents: List of illustrations—List of abbreviations—Chronology : timeline of elections and other major historical events in Afghanistan, 1931-2011—Democracy derailed—Map of Afghanistan—1. Understanding elections in Afghanistan—2. Of ballots and boundaries : a brief history of political participation in Afghanistan—3. Electing the peace : Afghanistan’s fast-track democracy—4. A house of sand : the fallout of the 2005 parliamentary election—5. Engineering elections locally—6. The unintended consequences of international support—7. Violence and voting—8. “they make their ablutions with bottled water” : elites and the decline of accountability—9. International intervention and aspirations of representative governance—Notes—References—Index.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Monograph Monograph Afghanistan Centre at Kabul University Available 3ACKU000370329
Monograph Monograph Afghanistan Centre at Kabul University JQ1769.A5.C63 2014 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 3ACKU000366608
Total holds: 0

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents: List of illustrations—List of abbreviations—Chronology : timeline of elections and other major historical events in Afghanistan, 1931-2011—Democracy derailed—Map of Afghanistan—1. Understanding elections in Afghanistan—2. Of ballots and boundaries : a brief history of political participation in Afghanistan—3. Electing the peace : Afghanistan’s fast-track democracy—4. A house of sand : the fallout of the 2005 parliamentary election—5. Engineering elections locally—6. The unintended consequences of international support—7. Violence and voting—8. “they make their ablutions with bottled water” : elites and the decline of accountability—9. International intervention and aspirations of representative governance—Notes—References—Index.

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