TY - BOOK ID - 78343082 TI - Afghanistans Troubled Transition PY - 2022 SN - 1935049631 1588269353 9781588269355 9781935049630 9781935049364 1935049364 PB - Boulder DB - UniCat KW - Elections KW - Presidents KW - Democratization KW - Democratic consolidation KW - Democratic transition KW - Political science KW - New democracies KW - Presidency KW - Heads of state KW - Executive power KW - Electoral politics KW - Franchise KW - Polls KW - Politics, Practical KW - Plebiscite KW - Political campaigns KW - Representative government and representation KW - Election KW - Afghanistan KW - Politics and government UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78343082 AB - 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. ER -