From power sharing to democracy : post-conflict institutions in ethnically divided societies / edited by Sid Noel.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Noel, S. J. R. (Sidney John Roderick)

Series:

Studies in nationalism and ethnic conflict.

Studies in nationalism and ethnic conflict

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethnic conflict--Political aspects.

Ethnic conflict.

Ethnic groups--Political activity.

Ethnic groups.

Political stability.

Democratization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (320 p.)

Place of Publication:

Montreal ; London ; Ithaca [N.Y.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

From Power Sharing to Democracy examines the theoretical underpinnings of power sharing as a means of achieving sustainable democratic governance. Contributors examine key areas, including Afghanistan, Cyprus, Kosovo, Macedonia, and South Africa, where power-sharing constitutions and political institutions have been employed or proposed. They provide an in-depth exploration of consociationalism, under which the previously warring ethnic communities are guaranteed a proportionate share of political offices and protection of their vital interests, and federalism, which provides for substantial territorial autonomy in cases where the communities are territorially segregated.

Contents:

""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""1 Debating Consociational Politics: Normative and Explanatory Arguments""; ""2 Between Stability and Collapse: Internal and External Dynamics of Post-agreement Institution Building in Northern Ireland""; ""3 Significant Events in the Northern Ireland Peace Process: Impact and Implementation""; ""4 Power Sharing after Yugoslavia: Functionality and Dysfunctionality of Power-sharing Institutions in Post-war Bosnia, Macedonia, and Kosovo""; ""5 Post-conflict Reconstruction: Constitutional and Transitional Power-sharing Arrangements in Bosnia and Kosovo""

""6 Power Sharing in a Police Car: The Intractable Difficulty of Police Reform in Kosovo and Macedonia""""7 Power Sharing and Rights Protection in the Prevention and Management of Ethnic Conflict: The Case of Post-apartheid South Africa""; ""8 Power Sharing in South Africa: The African National Congress as a Consociational Party?""; ""9 Anarchy and the Problems of Power Sharing in Africa""; ""10 Afghanistan: Multicultural Federalism as a Means to Achieve Democracy, Representation, and Stability""

""11 Power Sharing for Cyprus (Again)? European Union Accession and the Prospects for Reunification""""12 Conditionality, Consociationalism, and the European Union""; ""13 Federation as a Method of Ethnic Conflict Regulation""; ""Contributors""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 288-296) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-86372-X

9786612863721

0-7735-7310-0

OCLC:

923231231