Voting for Peace? Realignment of Political Cleavages in Post-Conflict Elections

• In Event: JSS 3
  In JSS Session: Elections, Political Inclusion, and Violence

Brief Overview

How do voters vote after conflict? To explain why post-conflict election outcomes are correlated with conflict outcomes, the paper attributes post-conflict voting behavior to voters’ perception of potential security providers.

Author

• Jiwon Lee, Stanford University