Political philosophy has been under the sway of a certain picture since
Rawls's A Theory of Justice was published in 1971. This picture combines
the idea that the problem of justice should be approached from
the direction ...
Coburn, Noah(Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU), 2009-11)
Table of Contents
No Single Opinion;
Elections and Legitimacy;
Has the Karzai Government been “Delegitimised?”;
Have Elections in Afghanistan been “Delegitimised?”;
The International Community: The Real Culprits?;
Outcome ...
Coburn, Noah; Larson, Anna(Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU), 2009-11)
The Afghan elections in
2009 have become infamous
for low turnout, fraud and
insecurity. Delay in announcing
the results and rumours of
private negotiations have
increased existing scepticism
of the electoral process ...
This paper is primarily an ethnographic description of parliamentary political culture at
the local level in three provinces in Afghanistan. It is part of a wider research project on
representative governance in Afghanistan ...
Coburn, Noah(United States Institute of Peace, 2010-02-16)
Stability in Afghanistan will remain elusive unless disputes between individuals and among
communities can be resolved through peaceful and equitable means. However, state justice institutions are barely functioning in ...
Coburn, Noah(Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU), 2010-05)
There is a renewal of interest in the lower house of Afghanistan’s parliament, known
as the Wolesi Jirga, taking place in both Afghan domestic politics and international
discussion about governance in Afghanistan. This ...
Coburn, Noah; Dempsey, John(United States Institute of Peace, 2010-08)
This report discusses informal justice in Afghanistan and its
relationship to state institutions. It draws on a series of pilot
projects sponsored and overseen by the United States Institute
of Peace (USIP) and on work ...
Coburn, Noah; Miakhel, Shahmahmood(United States Institute of Peace, 2010-09-07)
The need to engage local Afghan leaders and support community decision making has
recently been promoted as a key element of both development and counterinsurgency
strategies in Afghanistan.
The resulting proliferation ...
Coburn, Noah(International Development Law Organization, 2011)
The international community in Afghanistan has increasingly come to realize that
the failure of the Afghan state to provide citizens with predictable access to
justice has contributed significantly to the insurgency in ...
Coburn, Noah; Larson, Anna(Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU), 2011-02)
This paper analyses the 2010 election as it happened in three provinces (Kabul, Balkh and Paktya), providing insight into the preparations, process and results in these areas. It situates the election in its political and ...
Coburn, Noah(Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU), 2011-05)
Over the past few years, Afghanistan’s Wolesi Jirga (lower house of parliament), has been
the subject of increasing scrutiny. This is due both to the body’s unique position within the
Afghan government as a potential ...
Coburn, Noah; Miakhel, Shahmahmood(United States Institute of Peace, 2011-06-10)
Currently numerous disputes at the local level are unresolved in Afghanistan, leading to local instability, a growing distance between the government and people and encouraging communities
to turn to the Taliban. In March ...
Coburn, Noah(United States Institute of Peace, 2011-08)
This report argues that the assumed formal–informal dichotomy between justice systems in Afghanistan misdescribes the way in which most cases in the country are resolved. In fact, analysis in late 2010 of data from ongoing ...
A review of the book Afghanistan: a cultural and political history, by Thomas Barfield, Princeton, Princeton
University Press, 2010, 400 pp, US$29.95 (hardcover), ISBN 9780691145686
Rather than making any general claims supporting or opposing the ‘‘greening’’ of sovereignty, this article examines the variable discourses through which the ethos of ecosovereignty is reconfigured. The questions that drive ...
Coburn, Noah; Miakhel, Shahmahmood(United States Institute of Peace, 2012-04-09)
The coming period of transition to Afghan control of national security will require greater
cooperation and understanding between all parties.
Cooperation between the international community, the Afghan government and ...
Coburn, Noah; Larson, Anna(United States Institute of Peace, 2013-03)
This report focuses on local perceptions of the 2014
presidential elections in Afghanistan. It situates the elections
within growing concerns about the political uncertainty of
the upcoming transition and explores what ...
Coburn, Noah(United States Institute of Peace, 2013-04)
This report analyzes the array of programs that dealt
with the so-called informal justice sector in Afghanistan
from 2008 to 2011. It focuses on a series of pilot projects
sponsored by the United States Institute of ...
Jewish Americans’ beliefs about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict can serve either to inhibit or to
facilitate the peace process between Israel and the Palestinians. Attitudes toward conflict
resolution and beliefs about ...
How do commitments to nature factor into the American immigration
restrictionist movement? This question initially appears odd; in contemporary American
politics, environmentalism is generally assumed to be a value of ...