Democracy Paradox

Jennifer Brick Murtazashvili and Ilia Murtazashvili on Afghanistan, Local Institutions, and Self-Governance

Mar 8, 2022

48:52

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Islamic Law in Afghanistan

00:27

Afghans Make Much of the Ethnic Differences

00:30

The Lesson From Afghanistan

00:27

Afghanistan - The Different Institutions

02:38

Introduction

3min

The Democracy Paradox - Whe Should It Be Here?

3min

Afghanism and the Law of the Land?

2min

Afghanistan: The Malik, the First Among Equals

3min

The Selection Process Is Very Variable

2min

How Do the Mulas Fit Into Local Government?

2min

Afghanistan - The Land and Governance

4min

Afghanistan - The Development of Property Rights in the United States

3min

Are You Taking Afghanistan Seriously?

4min

10.

Afghanistan - The Property Right School

6min

11.

The State Building Strategy in Afghanistan

4min

12.

Afghanistan - The Different Institutions

3min

13.

Democracy Never Was Really Tried in Afghanistan

2min

14.

Afghanistan and the Law of Property Rights

6min

It wasn't because Afghan social norms don’t support democracy. They do. And Afghans understood darn well what they were supposed to have. But they never even got the minimum of what they were promised in the constitution.

Jennifer Brick Murtazashvili

A full transcript is available at www.democracyparadox.com or a short review of Land, the State, and War: Property Institutions and Political Order in Afghanistan here.

Jennifer Brick Murtazashvili and Ilia Murtazashvili are associate professors at the University of Pittsburgh and the authors of the recent book Land, the State, and War: Property Institutions and Political Order in Afghanistan. Jen is also the founding director and Ilia is an associate director of the Center for Governance and Markets.

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