Warlord democrats in Africa Ex-military leaders and electoral politics

• Other Authors: Themnér, Anders (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Uppsala; London The Nordic Africa Institute and Zed Books (Bloomsbury) 2017
• Series: Africa Now
• Subjects: 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
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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...