Violence and Democracy

Author:

Cheong Yeilim1ORCID,Haggard Stephan2

Affiliation:

1. Department of Political Science, University of California , San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093 , USA

2. School of Global Policy and Strategy, University of California , San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093 , USA

Abstract

Abstract The relationship between violence and democracy is an enduring theme in political science. We know that civil war, revolution, and state repression are much less likely under democratic rule, but how do we get from such violence to democracy? We draw upon Sarah Zukerman Daly's book, Violent Victors: Why Bloodstained Parties Win Postwar Elections, to explore these questions. Daly addresses the enigma of belligerent parties, often marred by heinous atrocities, emerging victorious in postwar elections. She shows how such violent victors triumph by playing on their capacity to provide security. We broaden out from Daly's focus on postwar democratization to consider the prospects for democracy in the wake of state repression and revolution. Our review finds that voters may be less forgiving of violent state repression compared with civil war violence; political parties emerging from civil wars and state repression face cognate yet distinct challenges; and social revolutionary violence poses more serious and durable threats to democratization than violence from civil wars and state repression. These findings underscore the need for a wider research agenda that investigates the diverse forms of social and political violence and their implications for democracy.

Publisher

Oxford University Press (OUP)

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