Introduction / Hans J. Giessmann and Roger Mac Ginty Key concepts in political transitions / Roger Mac Ginty Transitions after civil war Bosnia and Herzegovina / Goran Tepšić and Nemanja Džuverović Burundi / Mathijs van Leeuwen Nepal / Ram Kumar Bhandari and Simon Robins Transitions after (popular) revolutions German Democratic Republic / Hans J. Giessmann Iran / Christian Emery Tunisia / Sandra Pogodda Transitions after violent secession Kosovo / Avni Mazrreku, Gjon Culaj and Elvin Blakaj South Sudan / Róisín Read Northern Cyprus / Umut Bozkurt Transitions after military rule Burkina Faso / Bettina Engels Eritrea / Annette Weber Ghana / Abdul-Gafaru Abdulai and Gordon Crawford Myanmar / Stefano Ruzza and Giuseppe Gabusi Transition after foreign intervention Afghanistan / Florian P. Kühn Comparisons Fourteen Regime Transitions : What have we learned? / Beatrix Austin and Christine Seifert |