Violent Victors - Why Bloodstained Parties Win Postwar Elections

"Drawing on more than two years of groundbreaking fieldwork, Sarah Daly combines case studies of victim voters in Latin America with experimental survey evidence and new data on postwar elections around the world. She argues that, contrary to oft-cited fears, postconflict elections do not necessarily give rise to renewed instability or political violence. Daly demonstrates how war-scarred citizens reward belligerent parties for promising peace and security instead of blaming them for war. Yet, in so casting their ballots, voters sacrifice justice, liberal democracy, and social welfare"--

About the author

Sarah Zukerman Daly is associate professor of political science at Columbia University. She is the author of Organized Violence after Civil War: The Geography of Recruitment in Latin America.

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"[O]utstanding. . . . Daly’s book has a number of methodological innovations that make it stand out, including carefully crafted cross-national evidence and strong case studies of civil war in three Central American countries: El Salvador, Guatemala, and Nicaragua. One of the book’s biggest contributions . . . is in blending work on civil war with a consideration of the political strategies of parties and a behavioral analysis of voters."---Yeilim Cheong and Stephan Haggard, Political Science Quarterly

Product details

• Authors: Sarah Zukerman Daly, Daly Sarah Zukerman
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.11.2022
• EAN: 9780691231327
• ISBN: 978-0-691-23132-7
• No. of pages: 352
• Series: Princeton Studies in International History and Politics
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Security (National & International), POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Parties, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Peace, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society, Comparative Politics, Peace studies and conflict resolution, Violence in society, Peace studies & conflict resolution, Elections & referenda, Violence and abuse in society, Political parties and party platforms, Armed Conflict, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / General, Elections and referenda / suffrage