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Book SynopsisA better understanding of regime changes, and their drivers, is vital to understanding the root causes of conflict and instability. In doing so, national and international actors can develop appropriate strategies to address, curb and prevent escalations of violence when these transitions occur. This innovative book explores the motivations and impacts of regime change and political transition in the contemporary era. Systematically examining the drivers, formats and long term impacts of transitions, the contributors seek to identify patterns, commonalities, and disjunctures between them.
Bringing together leading scholars and practitioners with longstanding relationships to the conflicts they have covered, this book provides systematic cross-case examinations of regime change. It examines the structural and immediate triggers of transitions both external and internal, as well as shedding light on the ways in which everyday life is changed by them --? for better or worse. Providing a framework for typological and comparative analysis, this book provides ontological and epistemological perspectives on 14 case studies of regime change following civil wars, secessionist conflicts, popular revolutions, military rule and foreign intervention.
This book is a vital tool for academics and students of political science, development, history, regional, peace and conflict studies. Reflecting on regime change processes spanning different regions and types of transition, The Elgar Companion to Post Conflict Transition is an accessible way to cover key debates.
Contributors include: A.-G. Abdulai, B. Austin, R.K. Bhandari, E. Blakaj, U. Bozkurt, G. Crawford, G. Culaj, N. Dzuverovic, C. Emery, B. Engels, G. Gabusi, H.J. Giessmann, F. Kühn, R. Mac Ginty, A. Mazrreku, S. Pogodda, R. Read, S. Robins, S. Ruzza, C. Seifert, G. Tepsic, M. van Leeuwen, A. Weber
Table of ContentsContents: Introduction Hans J. Giessmann and Roger Mac Ginty Key concepts in political transitions Roger Mac Ginty Part I Transitions after civil war 1. Bosnia and Herzegovina Goran Tepšić and Nemanja Džuverović 2. Burundi Mathijs van Leeuwen 3. Nepal Ram Kumar Bhandari and Simon Robins Part II Transitions after (popular) revolutions 4. German Democratic Republic Hans J. Giessmann 5. Iran Christian Emery 6. Tunisia Sandra Pogodda Part III Transitions after violent secession 7. Kosovo Avni Mazrreku, Gjon Culaj and Elvin Blakaj 8. South Sudan Róisín Read 9. Northern Cyprus Umut Bozkurt Part IV Transitions after military rule 10. Burkina Faso Bettina Engels 11. Eritrea Annette Weber 12. Ghana Abdul-Gafaru Abdulai and Gordon Crawford 13. Myanmar Stefano Ruzza and Giuseppe Gabusi Part V Transition after foreign intervention 14. Afghanistan Florian P. Kühn Part VI Comparisons 15. Fourteen Regime Transitions: What have we learned? Beatrix Austin and Christine Seifert Index
