Smith, Scott Seward

Afghanistan's troubled transition: politics, peacekeeping, and the 2004 presidential election/ Scott Seward Smith. - Boulder, Colo. : FirstForumPress, 2011. - x, 310 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-299) and index.

The Bonn agreement -- Signposts of democracy: the emergency Loya Jirga -- Plans and personalities -- Budgets and donors -- Security and the Baghdad effect -- Drafting the constitution -- Resetting the electoral clock -- Voter registration: turning victims into citizens -- Democracy and the Durand line -- Drafting the electoral law -- Applying the law -- Countdown to election day -- Polling and counting -- The 2005 parliamentary elections -- Reckonings: the 2009 presidential elections -- Logistics, politics, and transitions.

9781935049364 (hardcover : alk. paper)


Elections--Afghanistan.
Presidents--Election--Afghanistan
Democratization--Afghanistan.


Afghanistan--Politics and government

324.9581047 / SMI/A