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Warlord Democrats in Africa - Ex-Military Leaders and Electoral Politics (Hardcover)
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Warlord Democrats in Africa - Ex-Military Leaders and Electoral Politics (Hardcover)
Series: Africa Now
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Post-war democratization has been identified as a crucial mechanism
to build peace in war-ridden societies, supposedly allowing
belligerents to compete through ballots rather than bullets. A
byproduct of this process, however, is that military leaders often
become an integral part of the new democratic system, using
resources and networks generated from the previous war to dominate
the emerging political landscape. The crucial and thus-far
overlooked question to be addressed, therefore, is what effect the
inclusion of ex-militaries into electoral politics has on post-war
security. Can 'warlord democrats' make a positive contribution by
shepherding their wartime constituencies to support the building of
peace and democracy, or are they likely to use their electoral
platforms to sponsor political violence and keep war-affected
communities mobilized through aggressive discourses? This important
volume, containing a wealth of fresh empirical detail and
theoretical insight, and focussing on some of Africa's most
high-profile political figures - from Paul Kagame to Riek Machar to
Afonso Dhlakama - represents a crucial intervention in the
literature of post-war democratization.
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