Rebel Parties in African Post-Conflict Elections

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nora Schrader-Rashidkhan
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Qualitative Comparative Analysis ◽  
Party Formation ◽  
Opportunity Structures ◽  
Post Conflict ◽  
Rebel Groups ◽  
Peace Agreements ◽  
Path Dependencies ◽  
Party Development ◽  
New Framework

In many post-conflict countries around the globe, former rebel groups participate in elections as newly formed political parties (‘rebel parties’). This study deals with rebel party development in Africa and asks to what extent institutional context factors influence electoral participation and success in this region. It develops a new framework for systematic data collection on all African cases since 1989 and a comparative analysis of rebel parties using several fsQCAs (fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis). Its findings show that institutions such as peace agreements strongly influence opportunity structures for rebel parties, which culminate in path dependencies, and that more democratic settings hamper rebel party formation and their success in many cases.

Post-Conflict Cooperation in Multi-Ethnic Local communities of Bosnia and Herzegovina: A Qualitative Comparative analysis of Diaspora's Role

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 31-46 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jasmin Hasić
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Bosnia And Herzegovina ◽  
Qualitative Comparative Analysis ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
Comparative Case Study ◽  
Local Institutions ◽  
Local Elites ◽  
Case Study Analysis ◽  
Post Conflict

How are diaspora involvement in peacebuilding and elite cooperation in multi-ethnic municipalities complementary? This article examines how local elites perceive and respond to conflict-generated diaspora's role in peacebuilding in nine post-conflict multi-ethnic municipalities of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and whether these perceptions can determine types of inter-ethnic cooperation within local institutions. Using a systematic comparative case study analysis utilising ideal-type fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis (QCA), I derive four types of relationships. The results indicate that local elites, experiencing various levels of direct and indirect interaction with diaspora communities, perceive diaspora's role in the process as constraining their own cooperation prospects. The analysis also demonstrates that local elites perceive diaspora as insufficiently competent and imperfectly coordinated to tackle major challenges in local peacebuilding frameworks and that diaspora actions do not significantly affect the reform of current dynamics and practices of intra-ethnic cooperation among elites.

scholarly journals Human rights in territorial peace agreements

2019 ◽  
Vol 45 (04) ◽  
pp. 527-549
Author(s):  
Nina Caspersen
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Cold War ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Qualitative Comparative Analysis ◽  
Post Cold War ◽  
Peace Agreements ◽  
Territorial Conflicts ◽  
Trade Offs ◽  
Liberal Peace ◽  
International Peacebuilding

AbstractJustice and peace are commonly seen as mutually reinforcing, and key international peacebuilding documents stress the importance of human rights. Is this apparent normative shift reflected in post-Cold War peace agreements? The existing literature is divided on this issue but has crucially treated both conflicts and peace agreements as aggregate categories. This article argues that the conflict type and the agreement's ‘core deal’ impact on the inclusion, or exclusion, of human rights provisions. Based on new coding of the 29 comprehensive agreements signed between 1990 and 2010, it compares agreements signed in territorial and non-territorial conflicts, and agreements with and without territorial autonomy. Qualitative Comparative Analysis is used to examine the different combinations of conditions that led to the inclusion of human rights. The analysis finds that agreements signed in territorial conflicts are significantly less likely to include effective human rights provisions, especially if the settlement includes territorial autonomy. Moreover, such provisions tend to be the result of high levels of international involvement, and the consequent lack of local commitment, or outright resistance, undermines their implementation. These findings point to important trade-offs between group rights and individual rights, and qualifies the notion of a liberal peace.

scholarly journals Bullets for Ballots: Electoral Participation Provisions and Enduring Peace after Civil Conflict

2017 ◽  
Vol 41 (4) ◽  
pp. 93-132 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aila M. Matanock
Keyword(s):  
Civil Conflict ◽  
Electoral Participation ◽  
Post Conflict ◽  
Rebel Groups ◽  
Peace Agreements ◽  
The Government ◽  
International Engagement ◽  
External Actors ◽  
Cross National ◽  
Peace Settlements

Why does fighting recur following some civil conflict peace settlements, but not others? What kind of agreements are associated with more enduring peace? Post-conflict elections can often complicate and even undermine peace agreements. Agreements that contain “electoral participation provisions,” however, may help stabilize settlements and produce more enduring peace. Electoral participation provisions mandate that rebel groups be allowed to compete alongside the government in post-conflict elections. Such provisions encourage external actors, such as intergovernmental organizations and foreign donors, to become engaged in post-conflict elections. As part of this engagement, they can provide incentives to the parties to adhere to the terms of the settlement, as well as detect and sanction instances of noncompliance. New cross-national data suggest that conflict after peace settlements recurs less often when electoral participation provisions are included than when they are not. The data also suggest that this pacifying relationship holds when combatants expect international engagement.

Legal Mobilization and the Transformation of State-Society Relations in South Korea in the Realm of Disability Policy

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Celeste L. Arrington
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
South Korea ◽  
Social Movement ◽  
Policy Change ◽  
Qualitative Comparative Analysis ◽  
Legal Mobilization ◽  
Disability Policy ◽  
Advocacy Organizations ◽  
Opportunity Structures ◽  
Changing Patterns

Since the 1990s, South Koreans have gained better access to the courts as a channel for pursuing social and policy change. In particular, Koreans with disabilities began using the courts to challenge discrimination, enforce their rights, and influence policymaking. Through qualitative comparative analysis of recent legal mobilization by Koreans with disabilities, this chapter investigates factors that influence when and why people mobilize the law. Drawing on sociolegal and social movement theories, it shows that explanations focused on evolving legal opportunity structures – encompassing procedural rules, statutes, and legal interpretations – can only partly explain changing patterns in legal mobilization. Explanations should also consider the ‘support structures’ for legal mobilization: lawyers, advocacy organizations, and funding.

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