POLITICAL ORDER IN POST-COMMUNIST AFGHANISTAN by William Maley, Fazel Haq Saikel, Fazel Haq Saikal ( 9781555873615 )

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Title:

POLITICAL ORDER IN POST-COMMUNIST AFGHANISTAN

By:

William Maley, Fazel Haq Saikel, Fazel Haq Saikal

Format:

Paperback

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ISBN 10:

1555873618

ISBN 13:

9781555873615

Publisher:

LYNNE RIENNER PUBLISHERS INC

Pub. date:

1 January, 1992

Series:

IPA Occasional Paper Series

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Description:

This account of the collapse of the communist regime in Afghanistan considers steps that can be taken to consolidate post-communist rule. A discussion of future constitutional arrangements highlights the potential advantages of federalism, consociationalism and parliamentarism.

Synopsis:

This monograph provides a detailed account of the collapse of the communist regime in Afghanistan and considers steps that can be taken to consolidate post-communist rule. After outlining the historical evolution of the Afghanistan problem, the authors trace the process by which the communist regime progressively unravelled and show why UN efforts to negotiate an internal settlement between the communists and the resistance proved fruitless. They then examine the issues that will need to be addressed if fair elections - endorsed by a wide range of Afghan political groups - are to be held. A discussion of future constitutional arrangements highlights the potential advantages of federalism, consociationalism and parliamentarism. The authors conclude with a plea for generous reconstruction aid, without which, they assert, Afghan politics will prove too competitive for democratic institutions to survive.

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