This pathbreaking book uncovers the important, underappreciated role of armed opposition groups turned political parties in shaping long-term patterns of politics after war. Based on an empirically grounded and theoretically informed retrospective on nearly 30 years of post-conflict democratic state-building efforts, it examines whether this practice has contributed to peace and finds that engaging post-rebel parties in electoral politics has proven to be a viable long-term strategy for bringing political stability, that disparate post-rebel parties from different political contexts invest heavily in electoral politics, and that few post-rebel parties actively seek return to civil conflict as a solution after becoming a political party. This book will be of key interest to scholars, students, and practitioners in democracy, governance, elections, political parties, post-conflict peacebuilding, and more broadly to international relations, comparative politics, and regional politics.
| ISBN: | 9781032318936 |
| Publication date: | 29th June 2023 |
| Author: | Carrie Georgia State University, USA Manning, Ian O St Marys University, USA Smith, Ozlem Georgia State U Tuncel Gurlek |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 210 pages |
| Series: | Democratization and Autocratization Studies |
| Genres: |
Peace studies and conflict resolution Elections and referenda / suffrage Political parties and party platforms Social and political philosophy Warfare and defence |