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The Paradox of Institution Building after Civil War: A Trade-off between Short-term Peacemaking and Long-term Democracy Building

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What causes the success or failure of democratization in post-civil war societies? In particular, how does post-conflict institutional design influence both short-term peacemaking and long-term prospects for democratic governance? This paper argues that in countries emerging from deadly internal conflict, political institutions well designed to end civil war are not necessarily as effective for promoting democratic governance. There is a trade-off between the short-term interest in ending civil war as quickly as possible through power-sharing arrangements and the long-term goal of democracy promotion: power sharing does contribute to negotiated settlement to civil war through institutionally guaranteeing the security of warring parties, but it is less conducive to establishing democracy in the long run due to its tendency to lock war-induced cleavages into post-war political structures. The paper tests this central hypothesis through a series of event history analysis of 75 post-civil war countries in 1946-2002.

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Jung, Jai Kwan. "The Paradox of Institution Building after Civil War: A Trade-off between Short-term Peacemaking and Long-term Democracy Building" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Hyatt Regency Chicago and the Sheraton Chicago Hotel and Towers, Chicago, IL, Aug 30, 2007 <Not Available>. 2009-05-27 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p211012_index.html>

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Jung, J. , 2007-08-30 "The Paradox of Institution Building after Civil War: A Trade-off between Short-term Peacemaking and Long-term Democracy Building" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Hyatt Regency Chicago and the Sheraton Chicago Hotel and Towers, Chicago, IL Online <APPLICATION/PDF>. 2009-05-27 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p211012_index.html

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Abstract: What causes the success or failure of democratization in post-civil war societies? In particular, how does post-conflict institutional design influence both short-term peacemaking and long-term prospects for democratic governance? This paper argues that in countries emerging from deadly internal conflict, political institutions well designed to end civil war are not necessarily as effective for promoting democratic governance. There is a trade-off between the short-term interest in ending civil war as quickly as possible through power-sharing arrangements and the long-term goal of democracy promotion: power sharing does contribute to negotiated settlement to civil war through institutionally guaranteeing the security of warring parties, but it is less conducive to establishing democracy in the long run due to its tendency to lock war-induced cleavages into post-war political structures. The paper tests this central hypothesis through a series of event history analysis of 75 post-civil war countries in 1946-2002.

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The Paradox of Institution Building after Civil War: A Trade-off between Short-term Peacemaking and Long-term Democracy Building Jai Kwan Jung Department of Government 214 White Hall Cornell University Ithaca NY 14853 (jkj3@cornell.edu) Prepared for delivery at the 2007 Annual Meetings of the American Political Science Association August 30 - September 2 2007 Copyright by the American Political Science Association I. Introduction Since the Cold War came to a close in 1989 the international community including the United Nations (UN)
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