Deconstructing democracy in Afghanistan / Anna Larson ; editing and layout Oliver Lough.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Series: ; (Synthesis paper series)Publication details: Kabul : Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU), 2011.Description: viii, 57 p. : ill., map ; 28 cmSubject(s): DDC classification:
  • Pamphlet DS 371.412 .L37 2011/ + /PDF /(1.74MB)
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“May 2011”.

“Includes bibliography”—(p. 54-57).

“Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU)”—at head of title.

Contents: List of tables, figures and photos—Acronyms—Glossary—Executive summary—1. Introduction—2. Democratisation efforts in Afghansitan—3. Methodology and provincial contexts—4. Democracy as an imported concept—5. Democracy, security and stability : a problematic relationship—6. Democracy as the ultimate equalizer—7. Conclusions.

Summary: “This paper argues that there is still space for the development of a democratic politics in Afghanistan. It claims that democratization is a process, without an end-point and a process that is constantly shifting between poles of “more” or “less democratic.” In this respect, democratization in Afghanistan (as elsewhere) has the potential to move in either direction…”—(p. 1).

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