Voting for Victors: Why Violent Actors Win Postwar Elections
Abstract
Why do citizens elect political actors who have perpetrated violence against the civilian population? Despite their use of atrocities, political parties with deep roots in the belligerent organizations of the past win postwar democratic elections in countries around the world. This article uses new, cross-national data on postwar elections globally between 1970 and 2010, as well as voting, survey, archival, and interview data from El Salvador....
Paper Details
Title
Voting for Victors: Why Violent Actors Win Postwar Elections
Published Date
Aug 29, 2019
Journal
Volume
71
Issue
04
Pages
747 - 805
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