The Making of Democrats

Elections and Party Development in Postwar Bosnia, El Salvador, and Mozambique
1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-1-349-36974-4
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US

Buch, Englisch, 198 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 274 g

Can elections create democrats? Why and how do formerly armed opposition groups decide to invest in electoral politics or to undermine them? This book argues that the answer lies in the patterns of inter- and intraparty struggles created by participation in repeated elections over time.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Manning, C.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Wahlen und Volksabstimmungen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Demokratie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Elections, Democratization and Statebuilding * Parties as Mediators of System Change * Mozambique: The Case of Renamo * Bosnia: The Croatian Democratic Union and the Serbian Democratic Party * El Salvador: The FMLN * Conclusion: Electoralism and the Making of "Democrats"

Über Autor(innen)

Carrie Manning is Associate Professor of Political Science at Georgia State University.