John Schwarzmantel is Senior Lecturer in Politics and Director of the Centre for Democratisation Studies at the University of Leeds. His research interests are in the field of political ideologies and democratic theory.Hendrik Jan Kraetzschmar is Lecturer in Middle East politics at the University of Leeds. His current research focuses on the nature of electoral and party politics in the Middle East and North Africa.

• 1. Democracy and Violence: A Theoretical Overview John Schwarzmantel 2. Liberal Democratic Politics as a Form of Violence Maureen Ramsay 3. A Contest to Democracy? How the UK has Responded to the Current Terrorist Threat Raffaello Pantucci 4. Hearts and Minds and Votes: The Role of Democratic Participation in Countering Terrorism Rachel Briggs 5. Perverse State Formation and Securitized Democracy in Latin America Jenny Pearce 6. Revisiting ‘Democracy in the Country and at Home’ in Peru Jelke Boesten 7. Bullets over Ballots: Islamist Groups, the State and Electoral Violence in Egypt and Morocco Hendrik Kraetzschmar and Francesco Cavatorta 8. Reframing Resistance and Democracy: Narratives from Hamas and Hizbullah Larbi Sadiki 9. Electoral Violence and Democracy in Kenya Gabrielle Lynch 10. Regime Type, Conflict Management and Domestic Violent Conflict in Southeast Asia Aurel Croissant and Christoph Trinn

John Schwarzmantel is Senior Lecturer in Politics and Director of the Centre for Democratisation Studies at the University of Leeds. His research interests are in the field of political ideologies and democratic theory.Hendrik Jan Kraetzschmar is Lecturer in Middle East politics at the University of Leeds. His current research focuses on the nature of electoral and party politics in the Middle East and North Africa.

• 1. Democracy and Violence: A Theoretical Overview John Schwarzmantel 2. Liberal Democratic Politics as a Form of Violence Maureen Ramsay 3. A Contest to Democracy? How the UK has Responded to the Current Terrorist Threat Raffaello Pantucci 4. Hearts and Minds and Votes: The Role of Democratic Participation in Countering Terrorism Rachel Briggs 5. Perverse State Formation and Securitized Democracy in Latin America Jenny Pearce 6. Revisiting ‘Democracy in the Country and at Home’ in Peru Jelke Boesten 7. Bullets over Ballots: Islamist Groups, the State and Electoral Violence in Egypt and Morocco Hendrik Kraetzschmar and Francesco Cavatorta 8. Reframing Resistance and Democracy: Narratives from Hamas and Hizbullah Larbi Sadiki 9. Electoral Violence and Democracy in Kenya Gabrielle Lynch 10. Regime Type, Conflict Management and Domestic Violent Conflict in Southeast Asia Aurel Croissant and Christoph Trinn

John Schwarzmantel is Senior Lecturer in Politics and Director of the Centre for Democratisation Studies at the University of Leeds. His research interests are in the field of political ideologies and democratic theory.Hendrik Jan Kraetzschmar is Lecturer in Middle East politics at the University of Leeds. His current research focuses on the nature of electoral and party politics in the Middle East and North Africa.

• 1. Democracy and Violence: A Theoretical Overview John Schwarzmantel 2. Liberal Democratic Politics as a Form of Violence Maureen Ramsay 3. A Contest to Democracy? How the UK has Responded to the Current Terrorist Threat Raffaello Pantucci 4. Hearts and Minds and Votes: The Role of Democratic Participation in Countering Terrorism Rachel Briggs 5. Perverse State Formation and Securitized Democracy in Latin America Jenny Pearce 6. Revisiting ‘Democracy in the Country and at Home’ in Peru Jelke Boesten 7. Bullets over Ballots: Islamist Groups, the State and Electoral Violence in Egypt and Morocco Hendrik Kraetzschmar and Francesco Cavatorta 8. Reframing Resistance and Democracy: Narratives from Hamas and Hizbullah Larbi Sadiki 9. Electoral Violence and Democracy in Kenya Gabrielle Lynch 10. Regime Type, Conflict Management and Domestic Violent Conflict in Southeast Asia Aurel Croissant and Christoph Trinn