Violent Victors: Why Bloodstained Parties Win Postwar Elections

Violent Victors: Why Bloodstained Parties Win Postwar Elections

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Author/Contributor(s): Daly, Sarah Zukerman
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Date: 11/22/2022
Binding: Paperback
Condition: NEW
"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"--