the possible tensions - including those around the need to strengthen and sustain peace itself. …

How does the reform of state institutions shape prospects for peace after war? Existing research on the institutional … causes of peace focuses on how institutional designs, as the outcomes of reform processes, reduce post‐conflict violence and … promote peace. The literature does not, however, adequately address how the politics that characterise reform processes affect …

peace, the quality of political institutions, and the quality of economic livelihoods. We test our hypotheses using a mixed …

have a war bias that is so strong that they prefer war occurring with high probability whereas citizens prefer peace …