Umfang:
1 online resource (449 pages)
ISBN:
9780812207989
Serie:
National and Ethnic Conflict in the 21st Century Ser
Inhalt:
This volume considers an array of power-sharing systems in divided cities and states, with critical evaluations of their merits and defects as well as explanations of their emergence, maintenance, and failings.
Inhalt:
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- 1. Power Sharing in Deeply Divided Places: An Advocate's Introduction -- Part I. Power Sharing and Electoral Systems -- 2. Electoral Rules and Ethnic Representation and Accommodation: Combining Social Choice and Electoral System Perspectives -- 3. The Track Record of Centripetalism in Deeply Divided Places -- 4. Electoral Engineering for a Stalled Federation -- Part II. Historical and Conceptual Forays into Power Sharing -- 5. A Theory of Accommodation Versus Conflict: With Special Reference to the Israel-Palestine Conflict -- 6. The Success of Religion as a Source for Compromise in Divided Empires: Ottoman and Safavid, Past and Present -- 7. Geopolitics and the Long-Term Construction of Democracy -- 8. Courts, Constitutions, and the Limits of Majoritarianism -- Part III. Contemporary Power-Sharing Questions -- 9. A Revised Theory of Federacy and a Case Study of Civil War Termination in Aceh, Indonesia -- 10. We Forbid! The Mutual Veto and Power-Sharing Democracy -- 11. Northern Ireland: Power Sharing, Contact, Identity, and Leadership -- 12. Public Opinion and Power Sharing in Deeply Divided Places -- 13. The Balkans: The Promotion of Power Sharing by Outsiders -- 14. Governing Polarized Cities -- 15. Power Sharing in Kirkuk: The Need for Compromise -- 16. Power Sharing: An Advocate's Conclusion -- List of Contributors -- Index -- Acknowledgments.
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Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780812245011
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780812245011
Sprache:
Englisch
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