The Art of the Possible: Power Sharing and Post— Civil War Democracy

Authors

Caroline A. Hartzell, Gettysburg CollegeFollow
Matthew Hoddie, Towson UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-2015

Department 1

Political Science

Abstract

Although there is now a wealth of scholarship concerning the onset, duration, and termination of civil wars, there is not nearly as much empirical research by political scientists on the potential for postconflict democratization in countries that have been the site of civil wars. This relative scholarly neglect of post–civil war democratization stands in contrast to the efforts and resources that other actors—foreign ministries, international and nongovernmental organizations, and members of civil society—have invested in attempting to help construct democracy in postconflict states such as Indonesia, Liberia, and Uganda. [excerpt]

Comments

Original version is available from the publisher at: http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=9492042&fileId=S0043887114000306

DOI

10.1017/S0043887114000306

Recommended Citation

Hartzell, Caroline A., and Matthew Hoddie. "The Art of the Possible: Power Sharing and Post—Civil War Democracy." World Politics 67.1 (January 2015), 37-71.