Political parties are integral to democracy and yet they frequently engage in anti-democratic, violent behaviour. Parties can employ violence directly, outsource violence to gangs and militias, or form electoral alliances with non-state armed actors. When do parties engage in, or facilitate, violenc...

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1. Verfasser:	Siddiqui, Niloufer ca. 20./21. Jh (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY Cambridge University Press 2023
Schlagworte:	Political parties / Pakistan Political violence / Pakistan Democracy / Pakistan Democratization / Pakistan Pakistan / Politics and government / 1988-
Online-Zugang:	BSB01 UBG01 URL des Erstveröffentlichers
Zusammenfassung:	Political parties are integral to democracy and yet they frequently engage in anti-democratic, violent behaviour. Parties can employ violence directly, outsource violence to gangs and militias, or form electoral alliances with non-state armed actors. When do parties engage in, or facilitate, violence? What determines the strategies of violence that they employ? Drawing on data from Pakistan, Under the Gun argues that party violence is not a simple manifestation of weak state capacity but instead the intentional product of political incentives, further complicating the process of democratization. Using a rigorous multi-method approach based on over a hundred interviews and numerous surveys, the book demonstrates that a party's violence strategy depends on the incentives it faces in the subnational political landscape in which it operates, the cost it incurs from its voters for violent acts, and its organizational capacity for violence
Beschreibung:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 18 Nov 2022) Introduction: Violence amid democracy -- The logic of party violence -- Setting the stage : violence, state capacity, and political representation in Pakistan -- Who owns the guns? The Muttahida Qaumi Movement and violence in Karachi -- The Pakistan People's Party and the gangs of Lyari, Karachi -- Allying with militants : The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz and sectarian groups in Punjab -- An ideology of non-violence? The Awami National Party in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa -- Party violence in comparative perspective -- Conclusion: Democracy amid violence
Beschreibung:	1 Online-Ressource (xvii, 272 Seiten)
ISBN:	9781009242530
DOI:	10.1017/9781009242530