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Justice vs Democracy

Mrad, Edgar LU (2022) FKVK02 20221
Department of Political Science
Abstract
123 of the 195 countries in the world are States Parties to the Rome Statute and under the jurisdiction of the ICC. This court is structured on two pillars, a judicial pillar and an enforcement pillar the latter belongs to the states, meaning that the court is reliant on the states to enforce its operations. It then follows that when targeting state representatives/elites in electoral conflicts friction arises systematically, given that the ICC is reliant on cooperation of the same elites it is targeting. As this wasn’t messy enough, such interventions into electoral conflicts have path-dependent outcomes on democracy. This paper seeks to sort out the mechanics and inner workings of these interventions by using ‘two-person’ game theory as... (More)
123 of the 195 countries in the world are States Parties to the Rome Statute and under the jurisdiction of the ICC. This court is structured on two pillars, a judicial pillar and an enforcement pillar the latter belongs to the states, meaning that the court is reliant on the states to enforce its operations. It then follows that when targeting state representatives/elites in electoral conflicts friction arises systematically, given that the ICC is reliant on cooperation of the same elites it is targeting. As this wasn’t messy enough, such interventions into electoral conflicts have path-dependent outcomes on democracy. This paper seeks to sort out the mechanics and inner workings of these interventions by using ‘two-person’ game theory as proposed by Anatol Rapoport to analyze the cases of Ivory coast 2010/2011 and Kenya 2007/2008. The findings suggest that when intervening with cooperation it can create a constant-sum game yielding democratic reversal, and when intervening without cooperation it creates a non-constant sum game yielding democratic consolidation. (Less)
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author
Mrad, Edgar LU
supervisor
organization
alternative title
A game theoretic approach to investigate the impact of the ICC´s interventions on democratization in post-election violence societies.
course
FKVK02 20221
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Keywords: International criminal court, ICC, Game theory, Democracy Antal ord: 9916
language
English
id
9097745
date added to LUP
2022-10-04 13:30:31
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2022-10-04 13:30:31
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  abstract     = {{123 of the 195 countries in the world are States Parties to the Rome Statute and under the jurisdiction of the ICC. This court is structured on two pillars, a judicial pillar and an enforcement pillar the latter belongs to the states, meaning that the court is reliant on the states to enforce its operations. It then follows that when targeting state representatives/elites in electoral conflicts friction arises systematically, given that the ICC is reliant on cooperation of the same elites it is targeting. As this wasn’t messy enough, such interventions into electoral conflicts have path-dependent outcomes on democracy. This paper seeks to sort out the mechanics and inner workings of these interventions by using ‘two-person’ game theory as proposed by Anatol Rapoport to analyze the cases of Ivory coast 2010/2011 and Kenya 2007/2008. The findings suggest that when intervening with cooperation it can create a constant-sum game yielding democratic reversal, and when intervening without cooperation it creates a non-constant sum game yielding democratic consolidation.}},
  author       = {{Mrad, Edgar}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Justice vs Democracy}},
  year         = {{2022}},
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