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Flooding the lake? International democracy promotion and the political economy of the 2014 presidential election in Afghanistan (2016)
Journal Article
Goodhand, J., Suhrke, A., & Bose, S. (2016). Flooding the lake? International democracy promotion and the political economy of the 2014 presidential election in Afghanistan. Conflict, Security and Development, 16(6), 481-500. https://doi.org/10.1080/14678802.2016.1246142

The introductory article to this volume positions the Afghan case within the broader literature on the political economy of war-to-peace transitions. The paper begins by critiquing the rise of democracy promotion, and then employs a political economy... Read More about Flooding the lake? International democracy promotion and the political economy of the 2014 presidential election in Afghanistan.

Political networks and the 2014 Afghan presidential election: power restructuring, ethnicity and state stability (2016)
Journal Article
Sharan, T., & Bose, S. (2016). Political networks and the 2014 Afghan presidential election: power restructuring, ethnicity and state stability. Conflict, Security and Development, 16(6), 613-633. https://doi.org/10.1080/14678802.2016.1248431

This article examines power dynamics in political groupings during the 2014 Afghanistan presidential election and assesses the impact on political stability and order. The focus is the power dynamics of local political-economic and identity networks... Read More about Political networks and the 2014 Afghan presidential election: power restructuring, ethnicity and state stability.

Youth Interrupted: The Consequences of Urban Displacement on Young Men and Women in Afghanistan (2016)
Journal Article
Schmeidl, S., & Bose, S. (2016). Youth Interrupted: The Consequences of Urban Displacement on Young Men and Women in Afghanistan. Journal of Peacebuilding & Development, 11(3), 68-82. https://doi.org/10.1080/15423166.2016.1230023

In conflict-affected countries there is a trend of rapid urbanisation driven by internal migration and displacement. These countries are also increasingly young. Despite constituting a demographic majority in urban conflict and displacement-affected... Read More about Youth Interrupted: The Consequences of Urban Displacement on Young Men and Women in Afghanistan.

An Election Observer’s View & Appraisal of the 2014 Afghan Elections (2015)
Journal Article
Bose, S. (2015). An Election Observer’s View & Appraisal of the 2014 Afghan Elections. Journal of Eastern European and Central Asian research, 2(1), https://doi.org/10.15549/jeecar.v2i1.80

In April and June 2014, Afghanistan conducted its first democratic transition of power. This commentary provides a first-hand account and appraisal of the conduct of the elections, and begins by capturing first the atmospherics of polling day, and th... Read More about An Election Observer’s View & Appraisal of the 2014 Afghan Elections.