Democracy, Ethnic Conflict and Peace in Afghanistan

The Hazara Factor
1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-041-14717-6
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 208 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 471 g

Reihe: Asian Security Studies

This book analyses ethnic conflict, peace, and democracy in Afghanistan, with a particular focus on the Hazara peoples struggles during the 2001-2021 era.

Ethnicity shapes everything in Afghanistan, its state, its political structures and its social institutions. This book aims to evaluate how ethnicity shapes politics in Afghanistan and focuses on some of the aspects of the Hazara people’s struggles to reach sustainable peace with justice in Afghanistan. It develops a new framework to better understand that ethnicity is not just a ‘politically sensitive issue’ but defines how politics is being conducted; in that sense, the ‘how’ of Afghanistan’s politics along ethnic divisions is re-conceptualized, problematized, and contextualized. The book puts forward a nuanced argument by analytically distinguishing between and empirically testing political and social behaviours, perspectives, and practices in relation to ethnicity, which is increasingly gaining in salience and informing intercommunal relationships in Afghanistan. This approach provides significant new insights into non-traditional political contexts.

This book will be of much interest to students of ethnic conflict, Asian politics, critical security studies, and international relations.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate, Professional Reference, and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sahar, Arif

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Menschenrechte, Bürgerrechte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Besondere Kriege und Kampagnen
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Friedens- und Konfliktforschung
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Staatsbürgerkunde, Staatsbürgerschaft, Zivilgesellschaft
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Militärwesen Nationale und Internationale Sicherheits- und Verteidigungspolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction Chapter 1: The Ethnic Conflict in Afghanistan: A Political Economy Analysis Chapter 2: Ethnic Polarizations: The Case of the 2004 and 2009 Presidential Elections Chapter 3: Ethnic Confrontations: The 2014 Presidential Election Experience Chapter 4: Ethnic Crisis: The 2014 Presidential Election Chapter 5: Advancing Peace: The Hazara People’s Struggles I: Education for Liberation and Rights Chapter 6: Advancing Peace: The Hazara People’s Struggles II: Civil and Political Activism for Democracy Conclusions

Über Autor(innen)

Arif Sahar is a research fellow in the Department of Politics and International Studies at the University of Warwick, UK. He holds a PhD from University College London on the political economy of education and international development in Afghanistan. He is the co-author of Reconceptualizing Securitization in Afghanistan: Ethnicity, Social Identity, and Higher Education Post-2001 (Routledge, 2024).