Aila Matanock (Berkeley University of California)

Electing Peace

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book examines the causes and consequences of post-conflict elections in securing and stabilizing peace agreements without the need to send troops.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Dezember 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 578g
• ISBN-13: 9781107189171
• ISBN-10: 1107189179
• Artikelnr.: 48401643

Autorenporträt

Aila M. Matanock is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley. Her research addresses international intervention, civil conflict, and weak states. Her Stanford University dissertation, on which this book is based, won the 2013 Helen Dwight Reid Award from the American Political Science Association for the best dissertation from the previous two years in international relations, law, and politics.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Introduction and Theory: 1. Credible transitions from civil
conflict: provisions for combatant participation in post-conflict
elections; 2. Electoral participation provisions: a theory of external
engagement; 3. International involvement over time: changes with the end of
the Cold War and patterns there-after; Part II. Causes of Electoral
Participation Provisions: 4. Trading bullets for ballots: examining the
inclusion of electoral participation provisions; 5. Shifting expectations
of engagement: paving a path for peace agreements based on electoral
participation provisions; Part III. Consequences of Electoral Participation
Provisions: 6. Participating for peace: examining the effect of electoral
participation provisions on peace; 7. Engaging through elections: external
observation and incentives around elections during implementation; Part IV.
Conclusion: 8. Securing peace: conclusions about electoral participation
and external engagement in post-conflict states.