Subject: Postconflict societies | Journal of Democracy

January 2011, Volume 22, Issue 1

Building Democracy While Building Peace

Christoph Zürcher

Why are peacebuilding operations rarely able to establish postconflict democracies, and are there other strategies that would yield more successes?

April 2010, Volume 21, Issue 2

The Ballot and the Badge: Democratic Policing

In emerging democracies and postconflict countries, improved policing is almost always urgently required. Yet international-assistance efforts in this area pay almost no attention to the crucial need to ensure that the new-model police are not only effective, but democracy-friendly.

October 2009, Volume 20, Issue 4

A New Approach to Postwar Reconstruction

As countries emerge from war and embark on recovery, the risk of corruption is high and the consequences are dire. International aid must be accompanied by an anticorruption strategy that incorporates community-driven accountability.

January 2008, Volume 19, Issue 1

Sierra Leone: A Vote for Better Governance

Christopher Wyrod

Five years after the close of a horrifying civil war, Sierra Leone held the freest elections in its history. Voters turned out the party that had overseen the war's end, blaming it for having mishandled governance since then.

January 2006, Volume 17, Issue 1

Burundi’s Transition: Training Leaders for Peace

Burundi's leaders are learning to embrace a culture of discussion and consensus that offers a way out of the abyss of civil war.

January 2005, Volume 16, Issue 1

Building Democracy After Conflict: Introduction

Marc F. Plattner

In the 15 years since the Journal of Democracy‘s inception, democracy has made extraordinary progress. But no challenge is greater than building democratic institutions in postconflict situations.

July 2003, Volume 14, Issue 3