TY - BOOK AU - Smith,Scott Seward TI - Afghanistan's troubled transition: politics, peacekeeping, and the 2004 presidential election SN - 9781935049364 (hardcover : alk. paper) U1 - 324.9581047 PY - 2011/// CY - Boulder, Colo. PB - FirstForumPress KW - Elections KW - Afghanistan KW - Presidents KW - Election KW - Democratization KW - Politics and government N1 - 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 ER -