This book explores whether the legal and political institutions of Afghanistan have been able to incorporate diverse ethnic groups into the political process
This book explores whether the legal and political institutions of Afghanistan have been able to incorporate diverse ethnic groups into the political process
Dr. Bashir Mobasher is a postdoctoral fellow at the American University's Department of Sociology and a lecturer of political science at the American University of Afghanistan (AUAF).
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Introduction: Ethnicity, Constitution, and Accommodation in Afghanistan Identifying the Problem The Search for an Explanation A Way to Explore Establishing the Parameters: Ethnic Accommodation Organization of This Book 1 A Failed Nation or a Failed Constitution?: An Insight from the Inside of Afghanistan Introduction I. What Afghanistanologists Had to Say About Afghanistan II. Were Afghans Anti- Democratic? III. How Divided was Afghanistan as a Country and a Nation? What did the Elites Say? IV. A Socially Divorced Constitution Conclusion 2 The Politics of Ethnic Accommodation under the Runoff System: A System of Coalition Making and Breaking Introduction I. Feature One: The 50 Percent Threshold II. Feature Two: The Disastrous Second Rounds III. Nonconcurrent Electoral Cycles Conclusion 3 A Dysfunctional Parliament under the Yoke of the SNTV System: A System of Unrepresentative Representatives Introduction I. The Nuts and Bolts of the SNTV System A. Feature One: Proportional Representation B. Feature Two: Encouraging Personalistic Politics C. Feature Three: Threshold- Free Elections D. Feature Four: Encouraging the Fragmentation of Parties and Coalition Conclusion 4 Constitutional Unchecks and Imbalances: Examining Ethnic Accommodation under a Strong Presidential System Introduction I. A Look at the Balance of Powers from Above II. Legislative Powers of the President 1. Legislative Initiations 2. Veto Authority of the President 3. Soliciting Constitutional Review 4. Decree Authority of the President 5. Budget Planning III. Executive Powers of the President vis-a-vis the House 1. Cabinet Formation 2. Endurance of Cabinet Members in Afghanistan 3. Changes in Administrative Units IV. Senate: The Backyard of the President Conclusion 5 A System of Dual Vice- Presidency: The Problematique of Unauthorized and Unaccountable Vice-Presidents Introduction I. Dual Vice-Presidency and its Representational Attributes II. Policy- Free Presidential Teams III. The Irrelevant Vice- Presidents Conclusion 6 A Centralized State in a Decentralized Society: Identity Politics in a Strongly Centralized System Introduction I. The Problem of Outsider Governors II. Local Councils (Provincial, District, and Village) Conclusion 7 A Failed Project of Party Nationalization: The Problem with the Party Laws of Afghanistan Introduction I. Lack of Interest in Party Development II. Command and Control Rules III. Laws of Not the Emerging Coalitions Conclusion Conclusion Appendix
Introduction: Ethnicity, Constitution, and Accommodation in Afghanistan Identifying the Problem The Search for an Explanation A Way to Explore Establishing the Parameters: Ethnic Accommodation Organization of This Book 1 A Failed Nation or a Failed Constitution?: An Insight from the Inside of Afghanistan Introduction I. What Afghanistanologists Had to Say About Afghanistan II. Were Afghans Anti- Democratic? III. How Divided was Afghanistan as a Country and a Nation? What did the Elites Say? IV. A Socially Divorced Constitution Conclusion 2 The Politics of Ethnic Accommodation under the Runoff System: A System of Coalition Making and Breaking Introduction I. Feature One: The 50 Percent Threshold II. Feature Two: The Disastrous Second Rounds III. Nonconcurrent Electoral Cycles Conclusion 3 A Dysfunctional Parliament under the Yoke of the SNTV System: A System of Unrepresentative Representatives Introduction I. The Nuts and Bolts of the SNTV System A. Feature One: Proportional Representation B. Feature Two: Encouraging Personalistic Politics C. Feature Three: Threshold- Free Elections D. Feature Four: Encouraging the Fragmentation of Parties and Coalition Conclusion 4 Constitutional Unchecks and Imbalances: Examining Ethnic Accommodation under a Strong Presidential System Introduction I. A Look at the Balance of Powers from Above II. Legislative Powers of the President 1. Legislative Initiations 2. Veto Authority of the President 3. Soliciting Constitutional Review 4. Decree Authority of the President 5. Budget Planning III. Executive Powers of the President vis-a-vis the House 1. Cabinet Formation 2. Endurance of Cabinet Members in Afghanistan 3. Changes in Administrative Units IV. Senate: The Backyard of the President Conclusion 5 A System of Dual Vice- Presidency: The Problematique of Unauthorized and Unaccountable Vice-Presidents Introduction I. Dual Vice-Presidency and its Representational Attributes II. Policy- Free Presidential Teams III. The Irrelevant Vice- Presidents Conclusion 6 A Centralized State in a Decentralized Society: Identity Politics in a Strongly Centralized System Introduction I. The Problem of Outsider Governors II. Local Councils (Provincial, District, and Village) Conclusion 7 A Failed Project of Party Nationalization: The Problem with the Party Laws of Afghanistan Introduction I. Lack of Interest in Party Development II. Command and Control Rules III. Laws of Not the Emerging Coalitions Conclusion Conclusion Appendix
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