Violence and political behavior: exploring the relationship between history of conflict and non-nationalist voting in Bosnia

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  • March 21, 2019
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  • Metzger, Megan MacDuffee
    • Affiliation: College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Political Science
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  • The central question of this thesis is whether historical experiences of violence shape the political culture and political behavior in an area following civil conflict. I specifically consider whether density of violence during conflict affects the development of support for non-nationalist political parties in the medium-term, particularly in consociational systems. Using Bosnia as a case study, I study the relationship between the density of violence at the municipal level during the war, and voting outcomes for non-nationalist political parties in municipal elections. Here, I find that while a relationship exists, it differs in Bosnia's two entities, suggesting that that relationship also depends on other post-war political and social contexts.
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  • ... in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in the Department of Political Science, Concentration European Governance.
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  • Robertson, Graeme
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