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Book chapter
Elections in post-conflict societies
The UN role in promoting democracy: Between ideals and reality, pp.113-134
United Nations University Press
2004
Abstract
Elections have become an integral element of many UN peacekeeping missions over the past decade. The reason for this is clear: the focus of most UN missions has shifted from one of pure peace-building to one of state rebuilding or, in some cases like East Timor, state creation. In such cases, elections provide an inescapable means for jump-starting a new post-conflict political order; for stimulating the development of democratic politics; for choosing representatives; for forming governments; and for conferring legitimacy upon the new political order. They also provide a clear signal that legitimate domestic authority has been returned – and hence that the role of the international community may be coming to an end. For all of these reasons, elections have become a central part of many UN peacekeeping missions. In addition, electoral assistance outside peacekeeping missions has become something of a growth industry since the fall of the Berlin Wall and the ‘‘third wave’’ of democratization have led to a threefold increase in the number of putatively democratic governments around the globe.
Details
- Title
- Elections in post-conflict societies
- Authors/Creators
- B. Reilly (Author/Creator)
- Contributors
- Edward Newman (Editor)Roland Rich (Editor)
- Publication Details
- The UN role in promoting democracy: Between ideals and reality, pp.113-134
- Publisher
- United Nations University Press; New York
- Identifiers
- 991005545254407891
- Copyright
- United Nations University
- Murdoch Affiliation
- Murdoch University
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Publisher URL
- http://unu.edu
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