This volume is a series of original articles analyzing eleven case studies (from Africa and the Americas) of revolutionary movements that have reconstituted themselves into formal political parties. The book's analyzes the factors influencing the success and failure of these former politico-military movements within their new democratic contexts.

Introduction: From the Battle Field to the Political Theatre; D.Close& G.Prevost The Evolution of the African National Congress in Power: From Revolutionaries to Social Democrats?; G.Prevost Born Powerful: Authoritarian Politics in Post-Liberation Eritrea; S.Rich Dorman The Mozambican Experience: FRELIMO and RENAMO; C.Manning The Angolan Triangle: The FNLA, the MPLA and UNITA; A.Malasquias From Guerrillas to Government to Opposition: The Sandinistas since 1979; D.Close Guatemala: From the Guerilla Struggle to a Divided Left; C.Figueroa Ibarra& S.Marí i Puig Uruguay and the Movimiento de Participación Popular; M.Weinstein The Colombian Contradiction: Lessons Drawn from Guerilla Experiments in Demobilization and Electoralism; L.Carroll& S.Wilson El Salvador and the FMLN; A.Martinez-Uribe The PPP in Guyana: From the Political Wilderness to Political Power; K.Deonandan Lessons from the Revolutions: How to Get from There to Here; K.Deonandan