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The Making of Democrats : Elections and Party Development in Postwar Bosnia, El Salvador, and Mozambique /

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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Manning, Carrie (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.
Subjects:
Political Science and International Relations.
Democracy.
Electoral Politics.
International Relations.
Political Science.
Elections.
International relations.
Political science.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary: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.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (IX, 198 pages)
ISBN:9780230611160
DOI:10.1057/9780230611160