Political Competition and Taliban Electoral Violence in the 2014 Afghan Presidential Elections
نام عام مواد
[Thesis]
نام نخستين پديدآور
Sladojevic, Aleksandra
نام ساير پديدآوران
Eissa, Nada
وضعیت نشر و پخش و غیره
نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره
Georgetown University
تاریخ نشرو بخش و غیره
2019
يادداشت کلی
متن يادداشت
61 p.
یادداشتهای مربوط به پایان نامه ها
جزئيات پايان نامه و نوع درجه آن
M.P.P.
کسي که مدرک را اعطا کرده
Georgetown University
امتياز متن
2019
یادداشتهای مربوط به خلاصه یا چکیده
متن يادداشت
In Afghanistan, elections are a violent affair. Since the fall of the Taliban regime in 2001, five national elections have been held and each has served as a focal point for Taliban violence. Understanding what drives this violence is critical, not only to inform future electoral and political reforms, but to also set the foundations for long-term peace and stability in Afghanistan. After almost 40 years of war, peace is overdue. This thesis seeks to unpack Taliban motivations in carrying out electoral violence during the 2014 presidential elections. It explores whether the Taliban employed a strategy not only to disrupt the electoral process but to also calibrate violence so as to influence electoral outcomes. Specifically, it examines the relationship between political competition (measured as the 'closeness' in the race between the two front runner candidates, Ghani and Abdullah) and Taliban violence. Notwithstanding various empirical limitations, the results suggests a reasonably robust, positive relationship between political competition and Taliban violence during the 2014 presidential elections.
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اصطلاح موضوعی
Asian Studies
اصطلاح موضوعی
Peace Studies
اصطلاح موضوعی
Political science
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