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Building a postwar democracy - a constructionist perspective

Elites in emerging, postwar democracies face a double challenge. On the one hand, they must raise the costs of violent competition. On the other hand, they must lower the costs of electoral competition. The probability of stable democracy is a function of both these processes and the many variables that drive them.

What the Democratization Literature Says—or Doesn't Say—About Postwar Democratization Author(s): Nancy Bermeo
Source: Global Governance, Vol. 9, No. 2, Governance After War: Rethinking Democratization and Peacebuilding (Apr.–June 2003), pp. 159-177
Published by: Lynne Rienner Publishers
Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/27800473