C. Manning

The Making of Democrats

Elections and Party Development in Postwar Bosnia, El Salvador, and Mozambique

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan / Palgrave Macmillan US / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-1-349-36974-4
• 1st ed. 2008
• Seitenzahl: 212
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Dezember 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 273g
• ISBN-13: 9781349369744
• ISBN-10: 1349369748
• Artikelnr.: 45080443

Autorenporträt

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

Inhaltsangabe

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"

Rezensionen

"Manning effectively explores the theoretical reasons these countries pursued democratic methods and goals, and the extent to which elections contribute to an evolutionary democratization process... The wealth of comparative evidence from African, Latin American, and European political and socioeconomic sources is impressive and enriches the analysis... Recommended." - CHOICE