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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| 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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| 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 |
| spellingShingle | JA Political science (General) JF Political institutions (General) JQ Political institutions Asia Sahibuddin, Wahabuddin Democratising Afghanistan: an analysis of the 2005 parliamentary elections |
| title | 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_short | Democratising Afghanistan: an analysis of the
2005 parliamentary elections |
| title_sort | democratising afghanistan: an analysis of the
2005 parliamentary elections |
| topic | JA Political science (General) JF Political institutions (General) JQ Political institutions Asia |
| url | http://irep.iium.edu.my/4822/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/4822/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/4822/1/wahabuddin.pdf |