Electing Not to Fight: Elections as a Mechanism of Deradicalisation after the Irish Civil War 1922–1938
Much research into the relationship between democratisation and conflict argues that holding elections soon after civil war, when nationalist issues still resonate, is likely to see voters elect to fight. This paper explores a case where elections had the opposite effect. Examination of the relation...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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University of Bielefeld
2012-05-01
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Series: | International Journal of Conflict and Violence |
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Online Access: | http://www.ijcv.org/index.php/ijcv/article/view/202/pdf_54 |