First published: 19981 languageISBN: 9780815721093
Description
Elections have been used as a mechanism to institutionalize a new political order following internal conflict in Cambodia, El Salvador, Angola, Mozambique, Bosnia, and now Liberia. This book analyzes the Liberian transition and the July 1997 elections in order to better understand the relationship between war termination and transition to democracy and the role postconflict elections play in promoting both of these goals.