Electoral Violence in the Western Balkans: From Voting to Fighting and Back

ISBN-13: 9781032242156 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 236 str.

Michal Mochtak

Opis

Since the end of the Cold War there have been a number of cases where the democratization process has been turbulent, or even violent. Addressing electoral violence, its evolution and impact in the Western Balkans, this book explores the violent dynamics of electoral competition.

Spis treści

Foreword

Chapter 1 - Introduction

Chapter 2 – From Violence to Electoral Violence

Chapter 3 – Contexts of Electoral Violence

Chapter 4 – Patterns of Electoral Violence

Chapter 5 – Recipes for Electoral Violence in the Western Balkans

Chapter 6 – Conclusion 

O autorze

Dr Michal Mochtak is a Research Fellow at the International Institute of Political Science, Masaryk University. His research interests cover hybrid regimes, electoral violence and conflicts. He published his papers in Terrorism and Political Violence, Journal of Southeast European and Black Sea Studies, Democracy and Security or World Political Science. He is one of the co-authors of the publications Challenges to Democracies in East Central Europe (London, New York: Routledge 2016) and Demokratizace a lidská práva. Stredoevropské pohledy (Brno - Praha: MUNI Press – SLON 2013 and Krakow – Brno: Osrodek Mysli Politycznej – Uniwersytet Masaryka 2016). He regularly lectures on transformation processes and political violence in Central and Eastern Europe. See more www.mochtak.com.