Warlord democrats in Africa Ex-military leaders and electoral politics

• अन्य लेखक: Themnér, Anders (संपादक)
• स्वरूप: इलेक्ट्रोनिक पुस्तक अध्याय
• भाषा: अंग्रेज़ी
• प्रकाशित: Uppsala; London The Nordic Africa Institute and Zed Books (Bloomsbury) 2017
• श्रृंखला: Africa Now
• विषय: 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
• ऑनलाइन पहुंच: 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...