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Author Mochtak, Michal, author

Title Electoral Violence in the Western Balkans : From Voting to Fighting and Back / Michal Mochtak
Edition First edition
Published London : Taylor and Francis, 2017

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Description 1 online resource : text file, PDF
Series Southeast European Studies
Contents Cover; Endorsement; Half Title; Series Information; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of contents; Figures; Tables; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Plan of the book; Notes; 2 From violence to electoral violence: Defining electoral violence ; 2.1 Violence; 2.2 Collective violence; Marxist approach versus non-Marxist approach; Micro versus macro; Contingency versus inherency; Critical approaches; 2.3 Political violence; 2.4 Elections and conflict; 2.5 Electoral violence: roots of the concept; 2.6 Electoral violence: operational definition; Notes
3 Contexts of electoral violence3.1 Evidence of electoral violence in post-communist Europe; 3.2 Electoral violence in post-communism: a typology; 3.3 Different contexts -- different styles; Democratizing and transforming societies; Consolidated democracies; Modern autocracies; Notes; 4 Patterns of electoral violence; 4.1 Electoral violence in the Western Balkans; Croatia; Serbia; Montenegro; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Kosovo; Macedonia (FYROM); Albania; 4.2 Patterns of violent interactions; 4.3 Varieties of violence; Notes; 5 Recipes for electoral violence in the Western Balkans
5.1 QCA: the method5.2 Explaining electoral violence in the Western Balkans; Outcome; Conditions; MDSO-MSDO analysis and the calibration of conditions; Ethno-cultural conflict (ECC); Quality of democracy (QD); Security dilemma (SD); Electoral integrity [EI]; Socio-economic conflict (SEC); 5.3 Models of electoral violence; 5.3.1 Model 1; Discussion; 5.3.2 Model 2; Discussion; 5.3.3 Model 3; Discussion; 5.3.4 Model 4; Discussion; 5.3.5 Model 5; Discussion; 5.4 Conclusion: models and solutions; Notes; 6 Conclusion: Electoral violence, the Western Balkans and the world ; Note; Appendix
Summary "Since the end of the Cold War there have been a number of cases where the democratization process has been turbulent, or even violent. Addressing electoral violence, its evolution and impact in the Western Balkans, this book explores the conflict logic of election and tries to understand its basic patterns. Two decades of electoral competition in the region are analysed to identify an interesting evolution of electoral violence in terms of forms, actors, motivations and dynamics. By identifying the potential drivers of electoral violence and explaining the escalation and stimulus of violence-related events, the author combines a theoretical approach with original data to emphasise the variability of the phenomenon and its evolution in the region. The book will appeal to students and scholars of post-communist Europe and democratisation processes and the Western Balkans in particular. It should also be of interest to political advisors and those involved in developing or implementing democratisation programmes."--Provided by publisher
Subject Political violence -- Balkan Peninsula
Elections -- Balkan Peninsula
Post-communism -- Balkan Peninsula
Elections.
Political violence.
Politics and government.
Post-communism.
SUBJECT Balkan Peninsula -- Politics and government -- 1989-
Subject Balkan Peninsula.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781315225319
131522531X