In this review of violence in Latin America, I have attempted to organize the region's
scholarly literature around the most influential and leading research issues. Three main …

In 1995 none of the political parties representing the peoples of Bosnia preferred a federal
option. Yet, Bosnia became a federal state, highly decentralised and with a complex …

Elections constitute a fundamental element of postconflict peacebuilding efforts in the post–
cold war era and are often held soon after conflicts end. Yet, the impact of early elections on …

This book presents an innovative analysis of the nature of democratic theory, focusing on the
prevalence of pious discourses of democracy in contemporary politics. Democracy is now …

En este trabajo se argumenta que la democracia debe ser un objeto de interés para las
políticas públicas. Ante algunas objeciones provenientes de la teoría política, se muestra …

The article presents the first systematic comparative study on the growing involvement of
international organizations in national constitution making around the world. Over the past …

This thesis argues that civil war has a significant, lasting impact on the formation,
development and institutionalization of parties and party systems. Through in-depth …

Since the early 1990s, one of the most striking characteristics to emerge in post-conflict
peacebuilding has been the prime position assumed by democratisation; an approach we …

The Economic Freedom Index published by the Heritage Foundation ranks South Africa at
72nd out of 178 countries in terms of economic freedom in 2015. This index classifies South …

The 2013 election in Pakistan was a significant point in a presumed transition from
autocracy towards democracy, since for the first time an elected government completed a full …