Event Host: Mershon Center for International Security Studies
Settlements to civil conflict, which are notably difficult to secure, sometimes contain clauses enabling the combatant sides to participate as political parties in post-conflict elections. In Electing Peace, Aila M. Matanock presents a theory that explains both the causes and the consequences of these provisions. Matanock draws on new worldwide cross-national data on electoral participation provisions, case studies in Central America, and interviews with representatives of all sides of the conflicts.
Aila M. Matanock is an assistant professor of political science at the University of California-Berkeley. Her research addresses the ways in which international actors engage in conflicted and weak states. She uses case studies, survey experiments and cross-national data in this work.
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