SAHAR, Arif and SAHAR, Aqila (2015). Press and ethnic polarization in post-2001 Afghanistan: the 2014 presidential election experience. Central Asian Survey, 35 (1), 105-120.
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This article analyses the contents of three newspapers affiliated with the Tajik-dominated Jamiat and Shura-e-Nezar factions that were deployed during the 2014 presidential election to publicize ethno-political polarization for instrumental ends. The practice of nurturing ethnic identities serves as a microcosm of the broader context in which identity politics, besides coalition-building, rent-seeking, and patrimonial interdependencies, has become a key feature of post-2001 politics. This article focuses on how these factions used these newspapers to polarize ethnic cleavages to win legitimacy for themselves and defamation for their Pashtun-dominated rival factions – Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin and the Taliban. It will be years before the ethnic mujahedeen and muhajereen and the new generation reach a mutually binding and working condition that facilitates the country's long-term stability. Reaching this condition is critical because the future of Afghanistan lies in the commitment of its people to form a united community that resolves disputes in the manner of a democratic nation.
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | MD Multidisciplinary; Political Science & Public Administration |
Identification Number: | https://doi.org/10.1080/02634937.2015.1063234 |
Page Range: | 105-120 |
SWORD Depositor: | Symplectic Elements |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Elements |
Date Deposited: | 10 Jun 2019 13:25 |
Last Modified: | 18 Mar 2021 05:10 |
URI: | https://shura.shu.ac.uk/id/eprint/23358 |
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