LEADER 04150nam 2200697 450 001 9910464350803321 005 20210422220459.0 010 $a0-231-53574-0 024 7 $a10.7312/cobu16620 035 $a(CKB)2670000000499832 035 $a(EBL)1574725 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001111763 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12436871 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001111763 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11156843 035 $a(PQKB)10801454 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000648989 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1574725 035 $a(DE-B1597)458760 035 $a(OCoLC)1024026315 035 $a(OCoLC)979776657 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780231535748 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1574725 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10839061 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL574626 035 $a(OCoLC)867926282 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000499832 100 $a20140305h20142014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aDerailing democracy in Afghanistan $eelections in an unstable political landscape /$fNoah Coburn and Anna Larson ; Bryce Scimanski, jacket design 210 1$aNew York :$cColumbia University Press,$d2014. 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (305 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-231-16620-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tCONTENTS --$tLIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS --$tABBREVIATIONS --$tCHRONOLOGY --$tDEMOCRACY DERAILED? --$tMap of Afghanistan --$t1. UNDERSTANDING ELECTIONS IN AFGHANISTAN --$t2. OF BALLOTS AND BOUNDARIES --$t3. ELECTING THE PEACE? --$t4. A HOUSE OF SAND --$t5. ENGINEERING ELECTIONS LOCALLY --$t6. THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT --$t7. VIOLENCE AND VOTING --$t8. "THEY MAKE THEIR ABLUTIONS WITH BOTTLED WATER" --$t9. INTERNATIONAL INTERVENTION AND ASPIRATIONS OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNANCE --$tNOTES --$tREFERENCES --$tINDEX 330 $aSince 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. 606 $aElections$zAfghanistan 606 $aDemocracy$zAfghanistan 606 $aDemocratization$zAfghanistan 607 $aAfghanistan$xPolitics and government$y2001- 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aElections 615 0$aDemocracy 615 0$aDemocratization 676 $a324.9581 700 $aCoburn$b Noah$01026191 701 $aLarson$b Anna$01026192 701 $aScimanski$b Bryce$01026193 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910464350803321 996 $aDerailing democracy in Afghanistan$92440977 997 $aUNINA