TY - BOOK AU - Darnolf,Staffan TI - Breaking, not bending : : Afghan elections require institutional reform / T2 - (Special report ; No 454) SN - 9781601277756 AV - Pamphlet JQ1769. A5. PY - 2019/// CY - [Washington, DC] : PB - United States Institute of Peace, KW - Elections – Afghanistan KW - Voting – Afghanistan. KW - Democracy – Afghanistan KW - Local elections – Afghanistan. KW - Elections – Afghanistan – History. KW - Role and regulation – Afghanistan KW - Afghanistan – Foreign relations KW - Afghanistan – Politics and government – 2001- N1 - Caption title. “August 2019”. “United States Institute of Peace”—at head of title ; Contents: Introduction—Post conflict institution building—Institutional resilience—Afghanistan’s 2018 parliamentary elections : a failure of resilience—Institutions and incentives : is there more resilience at the bottom?—Conclusion and recommendation N2 - Summary: “The decision to base Afghanistan’s future political order on democracy required the creation of institutions to oversee elections. The international community devoted significant resources to set up and maintain the Independent Election Commission (IEC), both because the institution was required to organize elections in the post-Taliban era and to serve as an example that independent institutions could thrive in Afghanistan. Political modernization, on which Afghanistan’s postconflict transition predicated, requires the…”(page [1]) ER -