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Afghanistan's Troubled Transition

Afghanistan's Troubled Transition

Afghanistan's Troubled Transition

Afghanistan's Troubled Transition

Politics, Peacekeeping, and the 2004 Presidential Election

  • By: Scott Seward Smith

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ISBN: 9788130920672

Bind: Hardbound

Year: 2012

Pages: 320

Size: 153 x 229 mm

Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc.

Published in India by: Viva Books

Exclusive Distributors: Viva Books

Sales Territory: India, Nepal, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka

 

Reviews: 

"Not just an authoritative study of what went wrong politically in Afghanistan but also useful in terms of broader issues of foreign involvement in elections and political transitions.”
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 “This splendid book will be valuable not only to readers interested in Afghanistan, but also to anyone concerned with the role that international electoral assistance under UN auspices has come to play in complex peace operations and political transitions. Smith's conclusions are sobering and controversial, but no one concerned with the future of democratic transitions can afford to ignore them.”
— William Maley, The Australian National University

 “A thorough, compelling, and often gripping account of Afghanistan's 2004 election.”
— Jake Sherman, Center on International Cooperation, New York University

 “Both an important contribution to the literature on the political development of post-2001 Afghanistan and a window into the nuts-and-bolts trials and tribulations of a complex UN peacekeeping operation.”
— Scott Worden, US Institute of Peace

Description: 

Scott Seward Smith focuses on Afghanistan's 2004 presidential election—the first popular election ever held there—as he explores the painstaking attempt by the United Nations to develop democratic institutions in the country.

Smith thoroughly describes the personalities, policies, bureaucracies, and external factors that shaped the faltering transition process from 2001 through 2009. He also points to the missed opportunities that contributed to the flawed elections of 2009. Arguing that the failure to give sufficient weight to the importance of institution building led to the crisis of confidence and the resurgence of warlord politics that we see today, he sheds light not only on what has gone wrong in Afghanistan, but also on the prospects for Afghan democracy.

Contents:

Introduction • The Bonn Agreement • Signposts of Democracy: The Emergency Loya Jirga • Plans and Personalities • Budgets and Donors • Security and the Baghdad Effect • Drafting the Constitution • Resetting the Electoral Clock • Voter Registration: Turning Victims into Citizens • Democracy and the Durand Line • Drafting the Electoral Law • Applying the Law • Countdown to Election Day • Polling and Counting • The 2005 Parliamentary Elections • Reckonings: The 2009 Presidential Elections Logistics, Politics, and Transitions

 

About the Author: 

Scott Seward Smith is a consultant on elections and  democratization.

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