The Making of Democrats : Elections and Party Development in Postwar Bosnia, El Salvador, and Mozambique

Can Elections Create Democrats? Why And How Do Former Armed Opposition Groups Decide To Invest In Electoral Politics Or To Undermine Them? This Book Argues That The Answer Lies In The Patterns Of Inter- And Intraparty Struggles Created By Participation In Repeated Elections Over Time. Democratization Has Become The Cornerstone Of Post-civil War State Reconstruction, But The Role Of Political Parties In The Success Or Failure Of Democratic State Building Is Understudied. The Book Examines Four Parties In Three Countries Over Ten Years Or More Of Electoral Politics: Renamo In Mozambique, The Croatian Democratic Union And The Serbian Democratic Party In Bosnia, And The Fmln In El Salvador.--book Jacket. Introduction : Elections, Democratization, And State Building -- Parties As Mediators Of Political Change -- Mozambique : Electoral Politics And The Underdevelopment Of Renamo -- Bosnia : Hdz, Sds, And The Three-level Game -- El Salvador : Local Elections And Change In The Fmln -- Conclusion. Carrie Manning. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [183]-192) And Index. Front Matter....Pages i-ix Introduction: Elections, Democratization, and State Building....Pages 1-11 Parties as Mediators of Political Change....Pages 13-42 Mozambique: Electoral Politics and the Underdevelopment of Renamo....Pages 43-72 Bosnia: HDZ, SDS, and the Three-Level Game....Pages 73-114 El Salvador: Local Elections and Change in the FMLN....Pages 115-139 Conclusion....Pages 141-155 Back Matter....Pages 157-198 Can elections create democrats? Why and how do formerly armed opposition groups decide to invest in electoral politics or to undermine them? This book argues that the answer lies in the patterns of inter- and intraparty struggles created by participation in repeated elections over time.