Wartime Origins of Democratization - Civil War, Rebel Governance, and Political Regimes

Why do some countries democratize after civil war? Huang argues that war can foment popular demand for radical political change.

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. War-making, mobilization and democratization; 3. Rebel governance: how rebels interact with ordinary people during conflict; 4. Testing the effects of rebel governance on postwar democratization; 5. Tracing the steps from war time to peace time: case studies overview; 6. War and change in Nepal; 7. War and postwar regime formation in Uganda, Tajikistan and Mozambique; 8. Conclusion.

About the author

Reyko Huang is an Assistant Professor at the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A & M University.

Summary

Why do some countries democratize after a devastating civil war? Reyko Huang argues that war creates enduring legacies that affect postwar politics, and that postwar democratization has roots in wartime social mobilization. This book will appeal to scholars and policymakers with interests in conflict, foreign interventions, statebuilding, and peacebuilding.

Product details

• Authors: Reyko Huang, Huang Reyko
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.08.2017
• EAN: 9781316617717
• ISBN: 978-1-316-61771-7
• No. of pages: 242
• Series: Problems of International Poli; Problems of International Politics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; HISTORY / Military / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics, military history, Political structures: democracy, Comparative Politics, Political structures / systems: democracy