Michal Mochťak

Democratization and electoral violence in post-communism. A study of Montenegro

Taking as its starting point the existing theoretical debate on electoral violence, this paper analyses election-related violence in Montenegro in the country’s post-communist era. The objective is to gather data concerning violence tied to national elections for president and parliament, and to identify patterns present in the data. The role played by electoral violence in Montenegro during the period of democratization is subsequently evaluated. The analytical portion of the discussion, follows target shortcomings in the existing theoretical framework and puts forward tentative ways in which they might be addressed. Aggregated data concerning electoral violence in Montenegro are provided in simple matrix form, ready for further analysis.