BISA 2026 Conference

Authoritarianism, democratisation and Peace

WE03

3 Jun 2026, 09:00

1h 30m

Syndicate 4, Brighton Centre

Peacekeeping, Peacebuilding and Human Rights Working Group

Description

Exploring the links between democratisation, the state and peacebuilding

Subcontributions

• Coloniality of Peacelessness: Comparing Colombia’s Liberal and Turkey’s Authoritarian Pacifications
• The International Politics of Electoral Truth: Understanding the Practice of Election Observation
• Deterrence or Backlash? How Online Censorship Affects Offline Protest
• And Not Or: Interpreting Periods of Regime Transition as processes of Democratisation and Autocratisation
• Civil society and the illiberal state: cooperation, cooptation and repression in the peacebuilding economy of post-conflict Burundi