Violent Victors

Why Bloodstained Parties Win Postwar Elections

Sarah Zukerman Daly

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Princeton University Press
22 November 2022

Peace studies & conflict resolution; Violence in society; Comparative politics; Elections & referenda; Armed conflict

Series: Princeton Studies in International History and Politics

Why populations brutalized in war elect their tormentors

One of the great puzzles of electoral politics is how parties that commit mass atrocities in war often win the support of victimized populations to establish the postwar political order. Violent Victors traces how parties derived from violent, wartime belligerents successfully campaign as the best providers of future societal peace, attracting votes not just from their core supporters but oftentimes also from the very people they targeted in war.

Drawing on more than two years of groundbreaking fieldwork, Sarah Daly combines case studies of victim voters in Latin America with experimental survey evidence and new data on postwar elections around the world. She argues that, contrary to oft-cited fears, postconflict elections do not necessarily give rise to renewed instability or political violence. Daly demonstrates how war-scarred citizens reward belligerent parties for promising peace and security instead of blaming them for war. Yet, in so casting their ballots, voters sacrifice justice, liberal democracy, and social welfare.

Proposing actionable interventions that can help to moderate these trade-offs, Violent Victors links war outcomes with democratic outcomes to shed essential new light on political life after war and offers global perspectives on important questions about electoral behavior in the wake of mass violence.

By: Sarah Zukerman Daly
Imprint: Princeton University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9780691231334
ISBN 10: 0691231338
Series: Princeton Studies in International History and Politics
Pages: 408
Publication Date: 22 November 2022
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Sarah Zukerman Daly is associate professor of political science at Columbia University. She is the author of Organized Violence after Civil War: The Geography of Recruitment in Latin America.

Reviews for Violent Victors: Why Bloodstained Parties Win Postwar Elections

"""Winner of the Leon Epstein Outstanding Book Award, Political Organizations and Parties section of the American Political Science Association"" ""Shortlisted for the Gregory Luebbert Best Book Prize, Comparative Politics section of the American Political Science Association"""