Elections in dangerous places democracy and the paradoxes of peacebuilding / edited by David Gillies.

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TextPublication details: Montréal [Que. : McGill-Queen's University Press, (c)2011.; (Saint-Lazare, Quebec : Canadian Electronic Library, (c)2012).Description: 1 online resource (xxxv, 305 pages) : illustrations, map, digital fileContent type:

text

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computer

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9780773585744

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JC328 .E443 2011

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David Gillies -- Understanding elections in conflict situations / Benjamin Reilly -- Elections and the future of Afghanistan / Francesc Vendrell -- Iraq's conflicted transition to democracy : analyzing elections in a violent society / Marc A. Lemieux -- Democracy in Africa : rumours of its demise have been greatly exaggerated / Christian R. Hennemeyer -- Elections, governance, and secession in Sudan / Khalid Mustafa Medani -- Election-related conflict resolution mechanisms : the 2006 elections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo / Eugenia Zorbas and Vincent Tohbi -- Dying to win : elections, political violence, and institutional decay in Kenya / Susanne D. Mueller -- Lessons learned and forgotten : the international community and electoral conflict management in Kenya / Stephen Brown -- Merging conflict management with electoral practice : the IFES experience / Lisa Kammerud -- Preventing and mitigating election-related conflict and violence : the role of electoral justice / Sara Staino -- Electoral dispute resolution : a personal perspective / Johann Kriegler -- Is democracy promotion "globaloney" or a categorical imperative? / Thomas S. Axworthy -- Ongoing dilemmas of democratization : Canada and Afghanistan / Gerald J. Schmitz -- Conclusion : An ounce of prevention : preliminary implications for policy and practice / David Gilles and Gerald J. Schmitz.

Subject: Shows how flawed elections can act as democracy in reverse and diminish political legitimacy and stable governance. By looking at various forms of political turmoil, the book provides valuable lessons and practical advice on how to better mitigate conflict and violence before, during, and after highly charged elections.

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Introduction : Electoral democracy and the paradoxes of peacebuilding / David Gillies -- Understanding elections in conflict situations / Benjamin Reilly -- Elections and the future of Afghanistan / Francesc Vendrell -- Iraq's conflicted transition to democracy : analyzing elections in a violent society / Marc A. Lemieux -- Democracy in Africa : rumours of its demise have been greatly exaggerated / Christian R. Hennemeyer -- Elections, governance, and secession in Sudan / Khalid Mustafa Medani -- Election-related conflict resolution mechanisms : the 2006 elections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo / Eugenia Zorbas and Vincent Tohbi -- Dying to win : elections, political violence, and institutional decay in Kenya / Susanne D. Mueller -- Lessons learned and forgotten : the international community and electoral conflict management in Kenya / Stephen Brown -- Merging conflict management with electoral practice : the IFES experience / Lisa Kammerud -- Preventing and mitigating election-related conflict and violence : the role of electoral justice / Sara Staino -- Electoral dispute resolution : a personal perspective / Johann Kriegler -- Is democracy promotion "globaloney" or a categorical imperative? / Thomas S. Axworthy -- Ongoing dilemmas of democratization : Canada and Afghanistan / Gerald J. Schmitz -- Conclusion : An ounce of prevention : preliminary implications for policy and practice / David Gilles and Gerald J. Schmitz.

Shows how flawed elections can act as democracy in reverse and diminish political legitimacy and stable governance. By looking at various forms of political turmoil, the book provides valuable lessons and practical advice on how to better mitigate conflict and violence before, during, and after highly charged elections.

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