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Timingen av post-konfliktuella val- En fallstudie av Libyens försök att demokratiseras mellan två inbördeskrig

Yousif Anis, Leyla LU (2019) FKVK02 20191
Department of Political Science
Abstract
A decade has almost passed since former dictator Muammar al-Gaddafi was toppled after an 8-month long civil war in Libya and the outlook of democratization looked bright for the Northern African state. This process turned out to be more than complicated and eventually led the country back to violent hostilities. In this study the parliamentary election of 2012 is studied to see if the sequencing of DDR and SSR processes before the election would have reduced the risk for political violence, especially electoral violence, and therefore increased the chances for a lasting peace and successful transition to democracy. A single-case study method was conducted where process tracing has been used to map out the security context in the country... (More)
A decade has almost passed since former dictator Muammar al-Gaddafi was toppled after an 8-month long civil war in Libya and the outlook of democratization looked bright for the Northern African state. This process turned out to be more than complicated and eventually led the country back to violent hostilities. In this study the parliamentary election of 2012 is studied to see if the sequencing of DDR and SSR processes before the election would have reduced the risk for political violence, especially electoral violence, and therefore increased the chances for a lasting peace and successful transition to democracy. A single-case study method was conducted where process tracing has been used to map out the security context in the country between October 2011, when Gaddafi was toppled, and the outbreak of the second civil war in 2014. The results show that if DDR and SSR-processes, with the help of the international community, would have had more time to develop and become effective before the election of 2012, the security and the political landscape could have become more stabilized for the elected body of 2012 to function properly in and thus bring about a more stable transitional process for Libya. (Less)
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author
Yousif Anis, Leyla LU
supervisor
organization
course
FKVK02 20191
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Libya, democratization, DDR/SSR, sequencing, post-conflict elections, electoral violence
language
Swedish
id
8977732
date added to LUP
2019-09-06 10:22:21
date last changed
2019-09-06 10:22:21
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  abstract     = {{A decade has almost passed since former dictator Muammar al-Gaddafi was toppled after an 8-month long civil war in Libya and the outlook of democratization looked bright for the Northern African state. This process turned out to be more than complicated and eventually led the country back to violent hostilities. In this study the parliamentary election of 2012 is studied to see if the sequencing of DDR and SSR processes before the election would have reduced the risk for political violence, especially electoral violence, and therefore increased the chances for a lasting peace and successful transition to democracy. A single-case study method was conducted where process tracing has been used to map out the security context in the country between October 2011, when Gaddafi was toppled, and the outbreak of the second civil war in 2014. The results show that if DDR and SSR-processes, with the help of the international community, would have had more time to develop and become effective before the election of 2012, the security and the political landscape could have become more stabilized for the elected body of 2012 to function properly in and thus bring about a more stable transitional process for Libya.}},
  author       = {{Yousif Anis, Leyla}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Timingen av post-konfliktuella val- En fallstudie av Libyens försök att demokratiseras mellan två inbördeskrig}},
  year         = {{2019}},
}