From Rebellion to Electoral Violence: Evidence from Burundi

Andrea Colombo, Olivia D'Aoust and Olivier Sterck

No 2014-20, CSAE Working Paper Series from Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford

Abstract: We aim at understanding the triggers of electoral violence, which spoiled 80% of elections in Africa during the last decades. We focus on Burundi, a country which experienced polls in 2010, only few months after the end of a long-lasting civil war. Our results suggest that higher polarization between ex-rebels’ groups increases the risk of electoral violence at the municipal level. However, neither ethnic nor political cleavages significantly determine such electoral malpractices. These results are robust to numerous specifications. We therefore argue that policies supporting the transition of ex-rebel groups from warfare to the political arena should be reinforced.

Keywords: Civil war; Electoral violence; Polarization; Demobilization; Burundi (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D74 O11 O17 O55 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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