Warlord democrats in Africa Ex-military leaders and electoral politics

• Diğer Yazarlar: Themnér, Anders (Editör)
• Materyal Türü: Elektronik Kitap Bölümü
• Dil: İngilizce
• Baskı/Yayın Bilgisi: Uppsala; London The Nordic Africa Institute and Zed Books (Bloomsbury) 2017
• Seri Bilgileri: Africa Now
• Konular: Development studies; Peace studies & conflict resolution; Africa; Political leadership; Political power; Politicians; Elections; Democracy; Democratization; Case studies; Congo DR; Rwanda; Liberia; Mozambique; Guinea-Bissau; Sierra Leone; South Sudan; Post-conflict reconstruction; Political violence; Peacebuilding
• Online Erişim: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Post-war democratization has been identified as a crucial mechanism to build peace in war-ridden societies, supposedly allowing belligerents to compete through ballots rather than bullets. A byproduct of this process, however, is that military leaders often become an integral part of the new democra...