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The importance of political institutions for preventing conflict recurrence

Why do some post-conflict countries fall back into conflict?

We believe that political institutions play a key role in preventing conflicts especially when they are effective, accountable, transparent, responsive, inclusive, participatory and include representative decision-making at all levels:

The importance of political institutions for preventing conflict recurrence

Do political institutions matter when explaining why some post-conflict countries fall back into conflict? On the one hand, many believe inclusive political institutions to be key for conflict prevention. On the other hand, the academic Literature so far, mostly focusing on the effect of regime type…