TY - JOUR
T1 - The domestic democratic peace
T2 - How democracy constrains political violence
AU - Veri, Francesco
AU - Sass, Jensen
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship and/or publication of this article: This work is supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) PostDoc Mobility grant No 194461 and the Australian Research Council’s Discovery Projects funding scheme (project DP210102436).
Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2022.
PY - 2023/11
Y1 - 2023/11
N2 - This article offers a systematic, longitudinal and cross-national assessment of the constraint democratic institutions place on domestic political violence. It formulates two structural equation models which allows for the examination of the relative contribution of formal institutions and political culture as sources of constraint on political violence. Institutionalized opportunities for democratic participation significantly reduce political violence; however, these institutions only realize their full potential when embedded within a deliberative political culture. This article suggests that when oppositional groups view democratic participation as meaningful, and state elites engage with their claims, these groups are inclined to behave as radical democrats rather than violent extremists.
AB - This article offers a systematic, longitudinal and cross-national assessment of the constraint democratic institutions place on domestic political violence. It formulates two structural equation models which allows for the examination of the relative contribution of formal institutions and political culture as sources of constraint on political violence. Institutionalized opportunities for democratic participation significantly reduce political violence; however, these institutions only realize their full potential when embedded within a deliberative political culture. This article suggests that when oppositional groups view democratic participation as meaningful, and state elites engage with their claims, these groups are inclined to behave as radical democrats rather than violent extremists.
KW - deliberative culture
KW - grievance
KW - oppositional groups
KW - political opportunities
KW - Political violence
KW - structural equation modelling
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U2 - 10.1177/01925121221092391
DO - 10.1177/01925121221092391
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85130550363
SN - 0192-5121
VL - 44
SP - 676
EP - 693
JO - International Political Science Review
JF - International Political Science Review
IS - 5
ER -