Democratising Afghanistan: an analysis of the 2005 parliamentary elections

Democratising Afghanistan: an analysis of the 2005 parliamentary elections

The interviews and observation of the September 2005 elections for the lower house of parliament and provincial councils in Afghanistan disclose that despite shortcomings, the elections were relatively free. The elections, conducted in the absence of party politics, created a divided legislature str...

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Main Author: Sahibuddin, Wahabuddin
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Language:English
Published: IIUM Press 2006
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JA Political science (General)
JF Political institutions (General)
JQ Political institutions Asia
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spelling iium-48222013-06-25T04:36:31Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/4822/ Democratising Afghanistan: an analysis of the 2005 parliamentary elections Sahibuddin, Wahabuddin JA Political science (General) JF Political institutions (General) JQ Political institutions Asia The interviews and observation of the September 2005 elections for the lower house of parliament and provincial councils in Afghanistan disclose that despite shortcomings, the elections were relatively free. The elections, conducted in the absence of party politics, created a divided legislature struggling to unite. Women members, equally divided by region and ethnicity, may exert a moderating influence on the legislature, which is dominated by the "Islamist right." IIUM Press 2006 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/4822/1/wahabuddin.pdf Sahibuddin, Wahabuddin (2006) Democratising Afghanistan: an analysis of the 2005 parliamentary elections. Intellectual Discourse, 14 (1). pp. 33-46. ISSN 0128-4878 http://www.iium.edu.my/intdiscourse/index.php/islam/article/view/86/78
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JF Political institutions (General)
JQ Political institutions Asia
spellingShingle JA Political science (General)
JF Political institutions (General)
JQ Political institutions Asia
Sahibuddin, Wahabuddin
Democratising Afghanistan: an analysis of the 2005 parliamentary elections
description The interviews and observation of the September 2005 elections for the lower house of parliament and provincial councils in Afghanistan disclose that despite shortcomings, the elections were relatively free. The elections, conducted in the absence of party politics, created a divided legislature struggling to unite. Women members, equally divided by region and ethnicity, may exert a moderating influence on the legislature, which is dominated by the "Islamist right."
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author Sahibuddin, Wahabuddin
author_facet Sahibuddin, Wahabuddin
author_sort Sahibuddin, Wahabuddin
title Democratising Afghanistan: an analysis of the 2005 parliamentary elections
title_short Democratising Afghanistan: an analysis of the 2005 parliamentary elections
title_full Democratising Afghanistan: an analysis of the 2005 parliamentary elections
title_fullStr Democratising Afghanistan: an analysis of the 2005 parliamentary elections
title_full_unstemmed Democratising Afghanistan: an analysis of the 2005 parliamentary elections
title_sort democratising afghanistan: an analysis of the 2005 parliamentary elections
publisher IIUM Press
publishDate 2006
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/4822/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/4822/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/4822/1/wahabuddin.pdf
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