This book analyses ethnic conflict, peace, and democracy in Afghanistan, with a particular focus on the Hazara peoples struggles during the 2001-2021 era.
Ethnicity shapes everything in Afghanistan, its state, its political structures and its social institutions. This book aims to evaluate how ethnicity shapes politics in Afghanistan and focuses on some of the aspects of the Hazara people's struggles to reach sustainable peace with justice in Afghanistan. It develops a new framework to better understand that ethnicity is not just a 'politically sensitive issue' but defines how politics is being conducted; in that sense, the 'how' of Afghanistan's politics along ethnic divisions is re-conceptualized, problematized, and contextualized. The book puts forward a nuanced argument by analytically distinguishing between and empirically testing political and social behaviours, perspectives, and practices in relation to ethnicity, which is increasingly gaining in salience and informing intercommunal relationships in Afghanistan. This approach provides significant new insights into non-traditional political contexts.
This book will be of much interest to students of ethnic conflict, Asian politics, critical security studies, and international relations.
| ISBN: | 9781041147176 |
| Publication date: | 14th July 2026 |
| Author: | Arif Sahar |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 224 pages |
| Series: | Asian Security Studies |
| Genres: |
Warfare and defence Armed conflict Peace studies and conflict resolution |
This book analyses ethnic conflict, peace, and democracy in Afghanistan, with a particular focus on the Hazara peoples struggles during the 2001-2021 era.
Ethnicity shapes everything in Afghanistan, its state, its political structures and its social institutions. This book aims to evaluate how ethnicity shapes politics in Afghanistan and focuses on some of the aspects of the Hazara people's struggles to reach sustainable peace with justice in Afghanistan. It develops a new framework to better understand that ethnicity is not just a 'politically sensitive issue' but defines how politics is being conducted; in that sense, the 'how' of Afghanistan's politics along ethnic divisions is re-conceptualized, problematized, and contextualized. The book puts forward a nuanced argument by analytically distinguishing between and empirically testing political and social behaviours, perspectives, and practices in relation to ethnicity, which is increasingly gaining in salience and informing intercommunal relationships in Afghanistan. This approach provides significant new insights into non-traditional political contexts.
This book will be of much interest to students of ethnic conflict, Asian politics, critical security studies, and international relations.
Democracy, Ethnic Conflict and Peace in Afghanistan features in the following genres: Warfare and defence, Armed conflict, Peace studies and conflict resolution
Democracy, Ethnic Conflict and Peace in Afghanistan is available in Hardback
Democracy, Ethnic Conflict and Peace in Afghanistan was written by Arif Sahar and published by Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis
Democracy, Ethnic Conflict and Peace in Afghanistan has 224 pages
Yes it is part of Asian Security Studies series
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