The Effects of Rebel Parties on Governance, Democracy and Stability After Civil Wars: From Guns to Governing

This book provides a systematic overview and in-depth analysis of the effects of rebel group inclusion on democracy following the end of conflict across the globe.

It examines different types of rebel groups, addressing the subject matter through the lens of three dimensions – democracy, stability and governance – which structure the book and the individual chapters. As such, it affords a rare opportunity to bring together two heretofore separate research traditions – conflict studies and political parties.

This book will be of key interest to scholars and students of political parties and party theory, civil wars and peacebuilding, democratization studies and state building and more broadly to comparative politics, development studies, and security studies.

John Ishiyama is a University Distinguished Research Professor of Political Science at the University of North Texas, USA.

Gyda M. Sindre is an Associate Professor in International Politics at the University of York, UK.