%0 Journal Article %1 RefWorks:333 %A Adeney, Katharine %D 2008 %J Asian Survey %K & -- 1957-; 2001-; AFGHANISTAN AFGHANISTAN; COOPTATION; ETHNIC Hamid, INSTITUTION KARZAI, Kymlicka; Politics Research; SOCIAL building; conflict; ethnic federalism; government integration nationalism quotas; %N 4 %P 535-557 %T Constitutional Design and the Political Salience of "Community" Identity in Afghanistan %U http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=34395170&site=ehost-live %V 48 %X This article discusses the impact of efforts at political reforms intended to speed the development of a national community in Afghanistan that would supersede the political salience of ethnic conflict. Issues relating to the constitutional prohibition of ethnic representation and the possibility that this will alienate powerful ethnic minorities are considered. Institutional issues arising from ethnic conflict in Afghanistan are considered as a threat to the stability of the state. While the ability of the government of president Hamid Karzai to coopt leaders from ethnic communities such as the Pashtuns, Uzbeks, and Tajiks is lauded, its institutional sustainability is questioned. %@ 00044687

@article{RefWorks:333, abstract = {This article discusses the impact of efforts at political reforms intended to speed the development of a national community in Afghanistan that would supersede the political salience of ethnic conflict. Issues relating to the constitutional prohibition of ethnic representation and the possibility that this will alienate powerful ethnic minorities are considered. Institutional issues arising from ethnic conflict in Afghanistan are considered as a threat to the stability of the state. While the ability of the government of president Hamid Karzai to coopt leaders from ethnic communities such as the Pashtuns, Uzbeks, and Tajiks is lauded, its institutional sustainability is questioned.}, added-at = {2008-12-27T17:34:46.000+0100}, author = {Adeney, Katharine}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/23ac9782487b3d04bd526f46062445606/critzo}, description = {test export from refworks}, interhash = {233256cced91b5229778e4e070295082}, intrahash = {3ac9782487b3d04bd526f46062445606}, isbn = {00044687}, journal = {Asian Survey}, keywords = {& -- 1957-; 2001-; AFGHANISTAN AFGHANISTAN; COOPTATION; ETHNIC Hamid, INSTITUTION KARZAI, Kymlicka; Politics Research; SOCIAL building; conflict; ethnic federalism; government integration nationalism quotas;}, note = {M3: Article; Accession Number: 34395170; Adeney, Katharine 1; Email Address: k.adeney@sheffield.ac.uk; Affiliation: 1: Senior Lecturer in Politics, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom.; Source Info: Jul/Aug2008, Vol. 48 Issue 4, p535; Subject Term: ETHNIC conflict; Subject Term: COOPTATION; Subject Term: SOCIAL integration -- Research; Subject Term: INSTITUTION building; Subject Term: AFGHANISTAN -- Politics & government -- 2001-; Subject Term: KARZAI, Hamid, 1957-; Subject Term: AFGHANISTAN; Author-Supplied Keyword: Afghanistan; Author-Supplied Keyword: ethnic quotas; Author-Supplied Keyword: federalism; Author-Supplied Keyword: Kymlicka; Author-Supplied Keyword: nationalism; People: KARZAI, Hamid, 1957-; Number of Pages: 23p; Document Type: Article}, number = 4, pages = {535-557}, timestamp = {2008-12-27T17:34:46.000+0100}, title = {Constitutional Design and the Political Salience of "Community" Identity in Afghanistan}, url = {http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=34395170&site=ehost-live}, volume = 48, year = 2008 }