Power-Sharing and Political Stability in Deeply Divided Societies
Nearly all the peace accords signed in the last two decades have included power-sharing in one form or another. The notion of both majority and minority segments co-operating for the purposes of political stability has informed both international policy prescriptions for post-conflict zones and home-grown power-sharing pacts across the globe.
This book examines the effect of power-sharing forms of governance in bringing about political stability amid deep divisions. It is the first major comparison of two power-sharing designs consociationalism and centripetalism and it assesses a number of cases central to the debate, including Nigeria, Sri Lanka, Fiji, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Burundi, and Northern Ireland. Drawing on information from a variety of sources, such as political party manifestoes and websites, media coverage, think tank reports, and election results, the author reaches significant conclusions about power-sharing as an invaluable conflict-management device.
This text will be of key interest to students and scholars of ethnic conflict management, power-sharing, ethnic politics, democracy and democratization, comparative constitutional design, comparative politics, intervention, and peace-building.
Allison McCulloch is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at Brandon University, Canada.
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McCulloch, Allison.
Power-sharing and political stability in deeply divided societies / Allison McCulloch.
pages cm. (Security and governance)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Coalition governments. 2. Political stability. 3. Conflict management. 4. Coalition governmentsCase studies. 5. Political stabilityCase studies. 6. Conflict managementCase studies. I. Title.
JF51.M447 2014
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