Review article

https://doi.org/10.20901/an.15.04

Modelling the Legacies of War Violence: Voters, Parties, Communities

Josip Glaurdić orcid.org/0000-0001-6904-9986 ; Institute of Political Science University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Christophe Lesschaeve orcid.org/0000-0002-0632-6760 ; Institute of Political Science University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Michal Mochtak orcid.org/0000-0001-5598-5642 ; Institute of Political Science University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg

Abstract

Wars are extreme events with profound social consequences. Political science, however, has a limited grasp of their impact on the nature and content of political competition which follows in their wake. That is partly the case due to a lack of conceptual clarity when it comes to capturing the effects of war with reliable data. This article systematises and evaluates the attempts at modelling the consequences of war in political science research which relies on quantitative methods. Our discussion is organised around three levels of analysis: individual level of voters, institutional level of political parties, and the aggregate level of communities. We devote particular attention to modelling the legacies of the most recent wars in Southeast Europe, and we offer our view of which efforts have the best potential to help set the foundations of a promising research programme.

Keywords

war legacies; post-conflict societies; elections; voters; parties; politicalcompetition

Hrčak ID:

216210

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/216210

Publication date:

24.1.2019.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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