TY - BOOK AU - Rahmani,Ahmad Idrees TI - Political leadership in Afghanistan : : identifying and assessing determining factors / AV - JC330.3. R346 2016 PY - 2016/// CY - Santa Monica, California : PB - RAND Corporation, KW - Political leadership KW - Islam and politics – 21st century KW - Political leadership – Psychological aspects KW - Political leadership – Afghanistan – 21st century KW - Political leadership – Afghanistan – Psychological aspects – 21st century KW - Political leadership – Moral and ethical aspects – Afghanistan – 21st century KW - Afghanistan – Politics and government – 21st century N1 - Cover title. “This document was submitted as a dissertation in January 2016 in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the doctoral degree in public policy analysis at the Pardee RAND Graduate School. The faculty committee that supervised and approved the dissertation consisted of Terrence Kelly (Chair), Gery Ryan, and Thomas Szayna”—cover page ; All rights reserved for ownership of this digital Book and ACKU (Afghanistan Center at Kabul University). This book or any portion thereof may not be reproduced or add to other website without the express written permission. The digital file will be used only for research purpose; Contents: Preface—Abstract—Table of contents—Table of figures—Table of tables—Summary—Acknowledgements—Abbreviation—Chapter 1 : introduction—Chapter 2 : methodology—Chapter 3 : demographics—Chapter 4 : definition of leadership—Chapter 5 : characteristics of leaders—Chapter 6 : expectations from leaders—Chapter 7 : identity of political leaders—Chapter 8 : main findings & policy implications—Bibliography—Appendices N2 - Summary: “Since the fall of the royal system in 1973, Afghanistan has faced repeated failure—or at least crisis – of political leadership. Many Afghan believe that this is because other powerful countries use their economic and military power to install leaders of their own choice in Afghanistan. historical anecdotes support their theory. The British installed Shah Shuja, the Russians installed communist leaders, the Pakistanis endorsed Mujahideen…”—(page 14) UR - https://doi.org/10.29171/azu_acku_jc330_3_r346_2016 ER -