The republic and its enemies : The status of the republic in Afghanistan / Omar Sadr.

By:

Sadr, omar

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: Kabul, Afghanistan : [Afghan institute for strategic studies (AISS), Kabul, forum for democracy], 2021.Description: II, 110 pages : charts, color illustrations ; 23 cmISBN:

9789936655089

Subject(s):

LOC classification:

DS371.4. S23

Contents:

Contents: Acknowledgements—Introduction—The western political theory of the republic—Conceptualising “Islamic republic”—A long walk to constitutionalism and republic—The vicious republic—Causes of the vicious republic—Conclusion—Bibliography.

Summary: Summary: “Today most states appropriate the term “republic” as a title for themselves. These titles include democratic republic, federal republic, socialist republic, Islamic republic and many more. Unlike the democratic, a socialist republic is based on Marxism idea of the dictatorship of the proletariat and an Islamic republic is based on Islamic ideology. Similarly, most of the global south republics are just nominal republics; in essence, they are authoritarian regimes. Ironically, many republic in the global south are neither…”—(page 1).

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Monograph	Afghanistan Centre at Kabul University	Pamphlet DS371.4.G337 2019 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	Donated by Omar Sadr.		3ACKU000549526

Total holds: 0

Title page.

“constitutional & political system”—title pages.

“Reform studies VIII”—title page.

Donated by Omar Sadr.

“Includes bibliography”—(pages 99-107).

Summary: “Today most states appropriate the term “republic” as a title for themselves. These titles include democratic republic, federal republic, socialist republic, Islamic republic and many more. Unlike the democratic, a socialist republic is based on Marxism idea of the dictatorship of the proletariat and an Islamic republic is based on Islamic ideology. Similarly, most of the global south republics are just nominal republics; in essence, they are authoritarian regimes. Ironically, many republic in the global south are neither…”—(page 1).

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