Why has post-war reconstruction in Afghanistan not succeeded?

Abstrakt

In this paper it is demonstrated that the reconstruction of Afghanistan has failed. The author illustrates this point by a number of examples and argues that the cause of this failure can be identified as framing that applies prefabricated and universal recipes to particular cases and situations.

It is argued that not reflecting particular needs of post-war areas inevitably leads to reconstruction failures. In the last section some particular frames are outlined which can be seen in the reconstruction work in Afghanistan.

Klíčová slova

• post-war
• reconstruction
• Afghanistan
• framing