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"Voting for Victors: Why Violent Actors Win Postwar Elections"
Speaker:
Sarah Daly, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Columbia University.
Moderator:
Steven Levitsky, Faculty Associate; Chair, Weatherhead Research Cluster on Global Populism/Challenges to Democracy. David Rockefeller Professor of Latin American Studies, Department of Government, Harvard University; Harvard College Professor.
Contact:
Jillian Scales
jscales@fas.harvard.edu
Abstract:
This project seeks to understand political life after episodes of mass violence. After suffering wartime atrocities and winning peace, millions of people around the world elect to live under the rule of political actors with deep roots in the violent organizations of the past. This book analyzes why citizens vote for actors with violent pasts and what the implications of these elections are for efforts at successful peacebuilding and democratization.
