Voting For Peace

Author : Terrence Lyons
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2010-12-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0815721099

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Voting for Peace by Terrence Lyons Pdf

Elections have been used as a mechanism to institutionalize a new political order following internal conflict in Cambodia, El Salvador, Angola, Mozambique, Bosnia, and now Liberia. This book analyzes the Liberian transition and the July 1997 elections in order to better understand the relationship between war termination and transitions to democracy and the role post-conflict elections play in promoting both of these goals. The Liberian elections represented the final stage of a seven-year, West African-led peace process. An overwhelming majority voted for former factional leader Charles Taylor in the belief that if Taylor did not win, war would erupt again. The Liberian transition demonstrates that post-conflict elections may play an important role in a process of war termination. In many cases, it may be necessary to move forward with war termination and "imperfect" elections in the short run and pursue goals relating to democratization after the new government has been put in place. This study uses a detailed examination of the difficult Liberian case to highlight the more general challenges of helping countries make the transition from civil conflict and authoritarian rule to peace and democracy. Studies in Foreign Policy

Author : Dorina Akosua Oduraa Bekoe
Publisher : United States Institute of Peace Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1601271360

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Voting in Fear by Dorina Akosua Oduraa Bekoe Pdf

Nine contributors offer pioneering work on the scope and nature of electoral violence in Africa; investigate the forms electoral violence takes; and analyze the factors that precipitate, reduce, and prevent violence. The book breaks new ground with findings from the only known dataset of electoral violence in sub-Saharan Africa, spanning 1990 to 2008. Specific case studies of electoral violence in countries such as Ghana, Kenya, and Nigeria provide the context to further understanding the circumstances under which electoral violence takes place, recedes, or recurs.

Author : Terrence Lyons
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
Page : 113 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2010-12-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780815721093

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Voting for Peace by Terrence Lyons Pdf

Elections have been used as a mechanism to institutionalize a new political order following internal conflict in Cambodia, El Salvador, Angola, Mozambique, Bosnia, and now Liberia. This book analyzes the Liberian transition and the July 1997 elections in order to better understand the relationship between war termination and transitions to democracy and the role post-conflict elections play in promoting both of these goals. The Liberian elections represented the final stage of a seven-year, West African-led peace process. An overwhelming majority voted for former factional leader Charles Taylor in the belief that if Taylor did not win, war would erupt again. The Liberian transition demonstrates that post-conflict elections may play an important role in a process of war termination. In many cases, it may be necessary to move forward with war termination and "imperfect" elections in the short run and pursue goals relating to democratization after the new government has been put in place. This study uses a detailed examination of the difficult Liberian case to highlight the more general challenges of helping countries make the transition from civil conflict and authoritarian rule to peace and democracy. Studies in Foreign Policy

Author : Colman McCarthy
Publisher : Vanderbilt University Press
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2015-02-28
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780826520401

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Teaching Peace by Colman McCarthy Pdf

To see if nonviolence could be taught, in 1982 Colman McCarthy became a volunteer teacher at one of the poorest high schools in Washington, DC. In the thirty-two years since then, he has taught peace studies courses for more than ten thousand college and high school students. Large numbers of those students have faithfully kept in touch with McCarthy, often with handwritten letters, and he has answered them with the same seriousness he brought to his columns and books. The exchanges rise to a rare kind of literature that blends personal warmth, intellectual honesty, and shared idealism. The discussions range from peace and war to a host of other issues of social justice, such as the death penalty, human rights, poverty, the living wage, animal rights, and vegetarianism. The wide-ranging letters suggest how teacher and students co-create a world of more love and less hate.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Electronic
ISBN : IND:30000139751626

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Report to Congress on Voting Practices in the United Nations by Anonim Pdf

Author : Elections Canada
Publisher : Chief Electoral Officer of Canada
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Political Science
ISBN : PSU:000061501614

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A History of the Vote in Canada by Elections Canada Pdf

Cet ouvrage couvre la période qui va de 1758 à nos jours.

Author : Marie-Soleil Frere
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2011-09-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781780320205

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Elections and the Media in Post-Conflict Africa by Marie-Soleil Frere Pdf

Over the past ten years, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Burundi, Chad, Central African Republic, Republic of Congo and Rwanda all organized pluralist elections in a post conflict context, having experienced an armed conflict which either interrupted or prevented democratization processes. These polls were organized with the support of the international community, which viewed them as a crucial step in the peace-building process. The local media's role throughout was supposed to be to ensure that an electoral process is actually 'free and fair' - a role that becomes even more crucial in countries where the media have previously being perceived as warmongers or peace-builders in the conflicts. Giving a voice to African journalists and analysing the work they have been publishing or broadcasting during these elections, African media specialist Marie-Soleil Frere explores if and how the local media fulfilled their duties. In doing so, the book reveals journalists' professional challenges at a time when much is expected from the media, as well as the intense political pressure faced that can make their work particularly difficult. Insightful and comprehensive, Elections and the Media in Post-Conflict Africa underlines both the importance and the fragility of the role of the media in a democratic system.

Author : Martin Pugh
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Election law
ISBN : UOM:39015003669069

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Electoral Reform in War and Peace, 1906-18 by Martin Pugh Pdf

Author : Andrew Ellis ,Carlos Navarro ,Isabel Morales ,Maria Gratschew, Nadja Braun
Publisher : International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA)
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2007-11-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789185391660

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Voting from Abroad by Andrew Ellis ,Carlos Navarro ,Isabel Morales ,Maria Gratschew, Nadja Braun Pdf

The constitutions of many countries guarantee the right to vote for all citizens. However, in reality, voters who are outside their home country when elections take place are often disenfranchised because of a lack of procedures enabling them to exercise that right. Voting from Abroad: The International IDEA Handbook examines the theoretical and practical issues surrounding external voting. It provides an overview of external voting provisions in 115 countries and territories around the world, including a map illustrating the regional spread.

Author : Katrin Eder
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Contested elections
ISBN : 3869242531

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Voting for Disorder by Katrin Eder Pdf

Author : Marie-Soleil Frère
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-25
Category : Conflict management
ISBN : 1350219851

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Elections and the Media in Post-conflict Africa by Marie-Soleil Frère Pdf

Introduction: new votes and new voices -- 1. Elections and the media in Central Africa: stakes and challenges -- 2. The preparatory phase: the media's pre-election commitments -- 3. The media during the election campaign -- 4. From polling day to the results -- General conclusion.

Author : Kurt Taylor Gaubatz
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780804745512

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Elections and War by Kurt Taylor Gaubatz Pdf

A systematic study of the significant influence that domestic political competition can have on the international conflict behavior of states.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-25
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781422334355

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Voting Rights Act : sections 6 and 8, the federal examiner and observer program by Anonim Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on the Constitution
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Law
ISBN : PSU:000058152904

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Voting Rights Act by United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on the Constitution Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Absentee voting
ISBN : UIUC:30112031999599

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Voting Assistance Guide by Anonim Pdf